Angel with a violin

Giaquinto, Corrado (1703-1765) (attributed to)

Item type:

drawing

Date of creation:

18th century

Height:

37.4 cm  (14 3/4 in.)

Width:

27.4 cm  (10 13/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

red chalk with traces of white chalk on discolored blue antique laid paper; attached to light tan antique laid paper; verso: red and black chalk

Place of creation:

Napoli

Additional titles

Description

Drawing depicts an angel sitting on a cloud, playing a violin (using a baroque-style bow and bow-grip).

Iconclass

48CC7311
violin, fiddle - CC - out of doors
11G21
angels singing, making music

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violin [3573]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

Inscriptions and Marks from museum website:
inscription: mount, lower left, graphite: D4362 £38-0-0

RIdIM record id

5792