Papal Cartouche
Carl Frederick Adelcrantz|Francesco Borromini
ca. 1740–41 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of black chalk Inlaid on paper mount with beige and black framing lines. · Drawings and Prints
Drawing of a papal cartouche, according to the inscriptions designed by Francesco Borromini and given to the Swedish architect Adelcrantz by the author, based on their respective dates, this was presumably an unknown intermediary. The cartouche is so far not identified as an existing work by Borromini.
- Artist
- Carl Frederick Adelcrantz|Francesco Borromini
- Date
- ca. 1740–41
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of black chalk Inlaid on paper mount with beige and black framing lines.
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1948
