Design for a decorative frieze, with the Rebuke of Adam and Eve and the Expulsion from the Garden of Eden
Artist
Lelio Orsi
(Italian, 1511–1587)
MediumPen and brown ink and brown wash, heightened with white, over an underdrawing in pencil, on two joined sheets of paper; squared for transfer in black chalk
DimensionsSheet: 4 5/8 × 26 3/4 inches (11.7 × 67.9 cm);
Secondary support: 5 × 27 1/16 inches (12.7 × 68.7 cm);
Frame: 12 3/4 × 34 1/2 × 1 1/4 inches (32.4 × 87.6 × 3.2 cm)
Secondary support: 5 × 27 1/16 inches (12.7 × 68.7 cm);
Frame: 12 3/4 × 34 1/2 × 1 1/4 inches (32.4 × 87.6 × 3.2 cm)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineAcquired through the generosity of Seymour R. Askin, Jr., Class of 1947, and Helen-Mae Askin
Terms
- Drawings
- Italian
Object number2024.025
Collections
Giulio Campi
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Guercino
Pietro Novelli, called Il Monrealese
Federico Barocci
Jacob Toornvliet