Angel holding up a banner, ca. 1600 – ca. 1605

Blatt: 218 x 85 mm

Physical Description: Red chalk over black chalk, squared with red and black chalk

Inventory Number: 472

Object Number: 472 Z

Status: Request for presentation in the study room of the Prints and Drawings Department

Texts

About the Work

There is something sublimely elegant about the angel’s pose. The androgynous figure is characterized by a winning presence and—its wings stretched high and wide—a decorative quality. A grid known as “squaring” has been drawn on the sheet to prepare it for transfer into the painting medium; today, however, we know of no painted work based on it. Active primarily in Rome, Cristoforo Roncalli was a native of Tuscany.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Angel holding up a banner

Draughtsman

Cristoforo Roncalli

Period Produced

17th century

School

Baroque

Object Type

drawing

Physical Description: Red chalk over black chalk, squared with red and black chalk

Material

Technique

Geographic Reference

Roman

Production Reason

figure study

Captions Added Later: Bezeichnet unten rechts auf der Montierung (mit der Feder in Schwarz): J.R.
Unten links Stempel der Sammlung Jonathan Richardson, London (Lugt 2183); beziechnet unten mittig (auf dem Auflagekarton) mit der Feder in
Rotbraun „Cav Christofero Roncalli“; unten rechts Stempel von John Barnard (L. 1419)
Auf der Rückseite (auf dem Auflagekarton) bezeichnet oben mittig mit der Feder in Braun: D. 12. / K.; darunter rechts: J : B. N : 734 / 8 ¾ by 3 ½; darunter: Detto il Pomerancio; unten links: N° 5. } N. 14. Christophoro Roncalli; im unteren Drittel mittig Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)