
Study for Angels Sealing the Foreheads of the Children of Israel in Saint Peter's Basilica
Rogers Fund, 1966
Catalogue
- Year
- 1652
- Dimensions
- 16-3/4 x 44-9/16 in. (42.7 x 113.2 cm) maximum, unevenly cut upper and lower borders
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Pietro da Cortona
Artist

Painting
Pietro da Cortona was an Italian Baroque painter and architect. Along with his contemporaries and rivals Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini, he was one of the key figures in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture. He was also an important designer of interior decorations.
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- Pietro da Cortona
- Year
- 1652
- Dimensions
- 16-3/4 x 44-9/16 in. (42.7 x 113.2 cm) maximum, unevenly cut upper and lower borders
- Watts ID
- WW-1652-008150
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
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- Status
- verified





