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The image is a sketch containing two adult figures and one cherub-like figure. The adults are standing facing each other, while the cherub is floating above them horizontally. The adults have beards and curly hair, wearing draped robes. The cherub has wings and a draped cloth around its body. The background is plain with an off-white paper and a simple border.
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The image is a sketch containing two adult figures and one cherub-like figure. The adults are standing facing each other, while the cherub is floating above them horizontally. The adults have beards and curly hair, wearing draped robes. The cherub has wings and a draped cloth around its body. The background is plain with an off-white paper and a simple border.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

An Apostle Guided by an Angel

Agostino Masucci

Medium
black chalk on laid paper
Dimensions
mount: 46.1 x 29.4 cm (18 1/8 x 11 9/16 in.) sheet: 15.5 x 14.1 cm (6 1/8 x 5 9/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2009.70.163.a
Credit line
Joseph F. McCrindle Collection
Time span
1651 to 1700
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Angel
  • Costume
  • Man
  • Cherub
Provenance

Sir Robert L. Mond [1867-1938], London (Lugt 2813a) as by Carlo Maratta; sale, Christie's, London, 7 July 1959, lot 139; (P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London [stock no. A23760 CO, written at lower right in graphite on the mount]); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York, 1959; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Watermarks

partial, six-pointed star within a circle, probably surmounted by a Latin cross (close to Briquet 2089)

NGA object ID 152253. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.