The Holy Angels Protecting a Hermit from Evils

1726

Johann Georg Bergmüller

Associated Names
Johann Georg Bergmüller

Artist, German, 1688 - 1762

This is a drawing of a celestial scene. It features an angelic figure seated on clouds in the upper portion, holding a scepter with wings extended. Surrounding this central figure are several smaller cherubic figures. The composition is framed by a decorative, curved outline. At the very top, there is an eye within a triangle surrounded by rays of light. The lower section depicts reclining figures. The limited color palette is dominated by brown inks and washes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    brown ink and gray wash over traces of graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall (irregularly shaped): 26.5 x 15 cm (10 7/16 x 5 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.130.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collection, Oklahoma (in a scrapbook assembled in the 18th or 19th century). Private Collection, Pasadena. (Monroe Warshaw, Kunstkabinett, New York); purchased 2000 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2004

  • Strasser, Josef. Johann Georg Bergmüller 1688-1762, Die Zeichnungen. Exh cat. Salzburger Barockmuseum and Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München, 2004-2005, no. 18 (Z 32).

Inscriptions

lower left in brown ink: JGB (in monogram) 1726; by later hand, center verso in graphite: 52

Wikidata ID

Q64581964

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