A Dying Ecclesiastic Supported by an Angel

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Drawings and Prints

A Dying Ecclesiastic Supported by an Angel

Gaetano Gandolfi

Date
1760–70
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over traces of black chalk
Dimensions
7 13/16 x 5 3/4in. (19.9 x 14.6cm)
Object type
Drawing
Classification
Drawings
Object number
80.3.344
Credit line
Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880

Artist information

Italian, San Matteo della Decima 1734–1802 Bologna

Subjects and terms

  • Men
  • Angels

The Met object ID 336358. 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.