Angels Supporting a Frame

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: Pier Leone Ghezzi (Italian, Comunanza near Ascoli Piceno 1674–1755 Rome)
Date: 1674–1755
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over traces of graphite or lead
Dimensions: 4 15/16 x 6 9/16in. (12.6 x 16.7cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift of Cephas G. Thompson, 1887
Accession no.: 87.12.59

Man Sawing Wood
Pier Leone Ghezzi
n.d. · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00003536
Two Gentlemen in 18th Century Costume
Pier Leone Ghezzi
n.d. · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00003537
Father Pepe Preaching to Sailors
Pier Leone Ghezzi
c. 1740 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00005739
Monsieur Ition Chirurgo del sre. Duca di Nivers
Pier Leone Ghezzi
1749 · Drawing
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00012566