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The image shows two individuals kneeling. The person on the left is leaning forward, their head slightly lowered and turned to the right. They wear a long robe with detailed hem and their arms are wrapped around it. The person on the right has curly hair and is holding a platter with a crown and keys hanging from it. Both wear draped garments. The background is simple, focusing on the figures.
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The image shows two individuals kneeling. The person on the left is leaning forward, their head slightly lowered and turned to the right. They wear a long robe with detailed hem and their arms are wrapped around it. The person on the right has curly hair and is holding a platter with a crown and keys hanging from it. Both wear draped garments. The background is simple, focusing on the figures.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Kneeling Woman with an Incense Burner and a Page Holding a Crown and Scepter

Anton Kern, after Giovanni Battista Pittoni the younger

Date
c. 1726
Medium
pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk, heightened with white on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 26.8 x 39.8 cm (10 9/16 x 15 11/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1991.150.53
Credit line
Gift of William B. O'Neal, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Time span
1726 to 1750
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • double
  • figure
  • Bohemian
Provenance

Private Collection (sale London, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, 27 March 1979, no. 57 as Pittoni); Spencer Drummond Limited, Hamilton, Bermuda; William B. O'Neal [1907-1994], Charlottesville, VA, April 1980; gift to NGA, 1991.

NGA object ID 73506. 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.