The Martyrdom of Saint Stephen
The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
Catalogue
- Year
- 1655
- Dimensions
- 31 × 19 cm (12 1/4 × 7 1/2 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- 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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1675 · Pen and brown ink, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
The Holy Trinity with Saint Michael Conquering the Dragon
1656 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown and gray wash, heightened with lead white (discolored) and black chalk, on tan laid paper, laid down on tan laid card
Earthquake in an Artist's Studio
1650 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray wash, over charcoal on cream laid paper (recto); pen and brown ink and charcoal on cream laid paper (verso)
St Margaret of Cortona Kneeling before the Christ Child and Offering Him a Book
1640 · paper, chalk
Lamentation over the Dead Christ
1635 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white gouache and traces of black chalk, on cream laid paper, laid down on brown laid paper
Record
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- Pietro da Cortona
- Year
- 1655
- Dimensions
- 31 × 19 cm (12 1/4 × 7 1/2 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1655-332360
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified