Christ in Glory with Angels and a Saint Kneeling in Adoration

Francesco Allegrini, c. 1650/1660

This is a drawing of a central figure sitting amid clouds and surrounded by other figures. The artwork has a central male figure perched on a cloud and raising one hand. Around this figure are numerous other figures… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Francesco Allegrini ¹
Date: c. 1650/1660 ¹
Medium: red chalk on light tan laid paper (artist’s correction for the figure of Christ, redrawn on an attached piece of laid paper) ¹
Original: 13,274 × 9,903 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Jeffrey E. Horvitz

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A work made of color lithograph on ivory wove paper.

The photograph shows part of the texts and sacred scenes on the external wall of the hypostyle hall from the Temple of Sobek and Haroeris at Kom Ombo.

The sculpture depicts a classical female figure standing on a pedestal. She is draped in flowing robes that contour her form, exposing one shoulder and arm.

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