Design for a Wall Decoration: Representations of the Ascension and of the Conversion of the Ethiopian Eunuch

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Artist: Giovanni de' Vecchi (Italian, Borgo Sansepolcro 1536/37–1615 Rome)
Date: ca. 1600
Medium: Pen and brown ink, over black chalk (architectural elements); red chalk, pen and brown ink, traces of black chalk (narrative scenes)
Dimensions: 12-5/16 x 21-7/16 in. (31.3 x 54.4 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880
Accession no.: 80.3.651

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The Entombment
Giovanni de' Vecchi
c. 1596 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00011432
Standing Figure of Saint Peter Holding Book and Keys.
Giovanni de' Vecchi
1536/7–1615 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020755
Esther and Mordecai before King Ahasuerus (Esther 8:1- 12)
Giovanni de' Vecchi
1536/7–1615 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020756
Saint John the Evangelist
Giovanni de' Vecchi
1598–99 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020757

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