Ceiling Study
c. 1728-1730
Artists
Description
Various draped female figures supported by clouds; they surround a seated, bearded man who rests his left arm on a book and his chin upon his right hand.
Dimensions
26.5 x 34.8 cm (10 7/16 x 13 11/16 in.)
Provenance
Von Quandt; John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda Lull Randall, 1892, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1898, inv. no. 1898.51
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