A Tabernacle Containing a Papal Escutcheon Supported by Angels

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Drawings and Prints

A Tabernacle Containing a Papal Escutcheon Supported by Angels

Giulio Romano

Date
ca. 1538–40
Medium
Pen and brown ink, over traces of leadpoint or soft black chalk and stylus-ruling
Dimensions
17-7/8 x 13-9/16 in. (45.4 x 34.4 cm)
Object type
Drawing
Classification
Drawings
Object number
1998.10
Credit line
Purchase, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, and Charlotte Gere Gift, in memory of John Gere; and Gift of Malcolm Wiener, 1998

Artist information

Italian, Rome 1499?–1546 Mantua

Subjects and terms

  • Tabernacles
  • Coat of Arms
  • Angels
  • Putti

The Met object ID 334694. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.