Not on display

The Angel of the Annunciation

Giovanni Paolo Melchiorre (1664 - 1745)

Artist/Maker

Material / Technique

Pen and brown ink on paper

Dimensionsh x w: Mått 18 x 9,6 cm

Inventory numberNMH 605/1863

AcqusitionTransferred 1866 from Kongl. Museum (Carl Gustaf Tessin)

Other titlesTitel (sv): Ängeln Gabriel Titel (en): The Angel of the Annunciation Titel i inventariet (sv): Engel på en sky

DescriptionDescription: The Angel of the Annunciation. Laid down. Numbered at lower right in pen and brown ink: 50 (cancelled) and 518. (Sparre). The largest existing collection of drawings by Melchiorre, who was a pupil of Maratta, is in Düsseldorf, where more than one hundred drawings by his hand are listed in the Krahe collection. [Bjurström, It. Drawings, cat. no. 769]

Collection

Geographical origin

Geogr. härkomst: Italy

MaterialInk, Paper

TechniqueDrawing