A Monstrance with Two Angels Supporting a Chalice

Giovanni Battista Foggini

This is a drawing of an intricate architectural design featuring cherubs and ornamental elements. It shows a symmetrical structure consisting of a central urn with emanating rays, supported by two winged cherubs. · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Giovanni Battista Foggini ¹
Medium: black chalk and pen and brown ink, partially squared in black chalk, on laid paper ¹
Original: 3,061 × 5,318 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

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