Giovanni Battista Pittoni the younger

Italian, 1687 - 1767

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The image shows two individuals kneeling. The person on the left is leaning forward, their head slightly lowered and turned to the right. They wear a long robe with detailed hem and their arms are wrapped around it. The person on the right has curly hair and is holding a platter with a crown and keys hanging from it. Both wear draped garments. The background is simple, focusing on the figures.
Anton Kern, A Kneeling Woman with an Incense Burner and a Page Holding a Crown and Scepter, c. 1726, pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk, heightened with white on laid paper, Gift of William B. O'Neal, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1991.150.53

A Kneeling Woman with an Incense Burner and a Page Holding a Crown and Scepter

Anton Kern · c. 1726 · pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk, heightened with white on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1991.150.53