Allegory of Heaven and Hell

Claudio Coello

1642–93 · Pen and brown ink with brush and gray wash over black chalk underdrawing on beige paper. Composition outlined with brush and gray wash over pen and brown ink, in oval shape, with double outlines. Text written in pen and dark brown ink over black chalk below composition · Drawings and Prints

Artist

Claudio Coello

Date

1642–93

Medium

Pen and brown ink with brush and gray wash over black chalk underdrawing on beige paper. Composition outlined with brush and gray wash over pen and brown ink, in oval shape, with double outlines. Text written in pen and dark brown ink over black chalk below composition

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971