Allegorical Composition with Figures of Painting and Fame

Quick Overview

Artist: Pietro Antonio de' Pietri (Italian, Cremia 1663–1716 Rome)
Date: 1663–1716
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, over charcoal, on blue paper (recto); slight architectural sketches in red chalk (verso)
Dimensions: 10 7/8 x 8 1/16in. (27.6 x 20.4cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1972
Accession no.: 1972.173

Assumption of the Virgin
Pietro Antonio di Pietri
n.d. · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00002128
Presentation in the Temple
Pietro Antonio di Pietri
c. 1710 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00002552
The Virgin and Saint Joseph with Saint Anthony of Padua Seated in the Heavens Interceding for the Souls in Purgatory, While an Angel Pours Fluid from a Vase onto the Crowd Below (recto and verso)
Pietro Antonio di Pietri
1690/1710 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00006206
Young Cleric Kneeling before a Pope
Pietro Antonio di Pietri
1663–1716 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00021020

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