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Ciro Ferri
(1634 - 13th Sep, 1689)
Conversion de la Reine Christine de Suède
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Thierry Le Mage
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Keywords:
drapery
pope
cross
conversion (religious)
figure study
Christina of Sweden (1626-1689)
on one's knees
cherub
queen
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About the artwork
Title:
Conversion de la Reine Christine de Suède
Periods:
modern age
17th century
XVIIth century
Techniques:
wash with brown
white highlights
beige paper
pen (drawing)
brown ink
black chalk
Dimensions:
79 x 154
Inventory number:
INV3092-Bis-recto
Detail:
Dessin exécuté par ordre de la reine Christine, et gravé par Spiere et Roullet, pour l'ornement d'un ouvrage imprimé en 1679, à l'effet de justifier son abjuration au Lutheranisme
Location:
musée du Louvre
About the author(s)
Author:
Ciro Ferri
Born:
1634
Dead:
13th Sep, 1689
Country:
Italie
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Ciro Ferri
(1634 – 13 September 1689) was an Italian Baroque sculptor and painter, the chief pupil and successor of Pietro da Cortona. He was born in Rome, where he began working under Cortona and with a team of artists in the extensive fresco decorations of the Quirinal Palace (1656–1659). He collaborated with Cortona and completed for him the extensive frescoed ceilings and other internal decorations begun in the Pitti Palace, Florence (1659–1665). His independent masterpiece is considered an…
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