Design for a Gold and Silver Bishop's Reliquary

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949

Catalogue

Year: 1780
Medium: Pen and black ink, brush with gray, yellow, red and blue wash, highlighted with white gouache over lead or graphite on cream laid paper; framing lines in pen and brown ink
Dimensions: 16-1/4 x 14-1/4 in. (41.2 x 36.2 cm)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: C. Luigi Valadier

Artist

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Luigi Valadier (Italian, 1726–1785)

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Artist: C. Luigi Valadier
Year: 1780
Medium: Pen and black ink, brush with gray, yellow, red and blue wash, highlighted with white gouache over lead or graphite on cream laid paper; framing lines in pen and brown ink
Dimensions: 16-1/4 x 14-1/4 in. (41.2 x 36.2 cm)
Watts ID: WW-1780-142259

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