Modello for Ceiling Fresco with Papal Coat of Arms

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Bernardo Castello (Italian, Genoa (?) 1557–1629 Genoa)
Date: 1557–1629
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, over traces of black chalk, on blue paper; squared in black chalk
Dimensions: 12 11/16 x 6 1/8 in. (32.3 x 15.6 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1971
Accession no.: 1971.142

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