Design for an Alcove with a Coat of Arms Flanked by Putti Bearing a Crown, Supported by Pilasters with Human Heads in Capitals

Quick Overview

Artist: Giovanni Battista Foggini (Italian, Florence 1652–1725 Florence)
Date: 1652–1725
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray, brown-pink and yellow wash over traces of graphite; framing lines at lower edge in pen and brown ink
Dimensions: sheet: 11 5/16 x 9 3/4 in. (28.7 x 24.8 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1952
Accession no.: 49.62.21

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