File:Drawing, A Reliquary for Three Skulls, ca. 1770 (CH 18116869).jpg

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English: Drawing, A Reliquary for Three Skulls, ca. 1770   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Carlo Marchionni
Title
English: Drawing, A Reliquary for Three Skulls, ca. 1770
Description
English: The image is in a horizontal rectangle. A box with a pediment is shown, whose general shape is that of a triangle. The front consists of a base and two angels at the corners and two gaines of empty armors inside. In the centre is a skull with a miter upon a base supported by two small angels, beside are two skulls with helmets, standing together with bones upon bases. The big angels at the corners are lifting a curtain. On top of the pediment are two angels with miter and palm branches; below them two cherubim above a festoon; below it, a monogram of a chi rho; above an escutcheon. Construction is lined with pencil.
Date circa 1770
date QS:P571,+1770-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium black crayon, brush, sepia, and gray water color
Dimensions H x W: 43.5 × 32.7 cm (17 1/8 × 12 7/8 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1901-39-2518
Credit line Museum purchase through gift of various donors
Inscriptions Watermark: "IV"
Notes
  • Type: Drawing
  • Country: Italy
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