A Deacon Led to Martyrdom

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Artist: Giovanni Mauro della Rovere (Italian, Milan ca. 1575–ca. 1640 Milan (?))
Date: 1575–1640
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and blue wash, highlighted with chinese white, on blue paper
Dimensions: 8 7/8 x 5 9/16in. (22.6 x 14.1cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880
Accession no.: 80.3.470

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The Virgin and Child, Saint Dominic, and Angels Distributing Chaplets to the Faithful
Giovanni Mauro della Rovere
1575–1640 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020803
Flying Angel with Arms Upraised
Giovanni Mauro della Rovere
1575–1640 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020804
Two Pilaster with White Putti on Tan Ground
Giovanni Mauro della Rovere
1595–1640 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00021362
Two Pilaster with White Putti on Tan Ground
Giovanni Mauro della Rovere
1595–1640 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00021363

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