Earthquake in an Artist's Studio

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Artist: Pietro da Cortona / Italian (1596-1669)
Date: c. 1660
Medium: 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)
Dimensions: 21.1 × 27.1 cm (8 5/16 × 10 11/16 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: pen and ink drawings
Place: Italy
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Charles R. Feldstein
Accession no.: 1991.405

The Holy Trinity with Saint Michael Conquering the Dragon
Pietro da Cortona
1666 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00002418
The Martyrdom of Saint Stephen
Pietro da Cortona
c. 1660 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00003483
Lamentation over the Dead Christ
Pietro da Cortona
1635 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00005735
Study for the Head of St. Michael
Pietro da Cortona
1633 · Drawing
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00011080

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.