God the Father and Putti
Primary
Luca Cambiaso
(Moneglia, Italy, 1527–El Escorial, Spain, 1585)
NationalityItalian, Europe
Datecirca 1568
MediumPen and brown ink with brush and brown wash on cream paper, laid down
DimensionsSheet: 9 1/8 × 13 5/16 in. (23.1 × 33.8 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Suida-Manning Collection, 2017.965
Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2017.965
On View
Not on viewRelated motifs of God-the-Father amidst putti appear in the upper reaches of several altarpieces executed during the 1560s. The indication of the line of a po-lygonal cornice, however, indicates that this drawing was an early idea for architectural decoration, probably the vault fresco in the Zoagli Chapel in the church of Santissima Annunziata di Portoria.
Possibly early Paggi (Jonathan Bober 5/13/11)
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