Two Pilaster with White Putti on Tan Ground

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Artist: Giovanni Mauro della Rovere (Italian, Milan ca. 1575–ca. 1640 Milan (?))
Date: 1595–1640
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, over black chalk
Dimensions: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (39.4 x 7 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1950
Accession no.: 50.605.23

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Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020803
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Giovanni Mauro della Rovere
1575–1640 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020804
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Giovanni Mauro della Rovere
1575–1640 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020805
Two Pilaster with White Putti on Tan Ground
Giovanni Mauro della Rovere
1595–1640 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00021362

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