Madonna and Saintsca. 1730
Madonna appears in a cloud to saints praying. The saints kneel in veneration. Madonna is looking up to heaven, where the dove of the Holy Ghost hovers. More about this work
About this work
Madonna appears in a cloud to saints praying. The saints kneel in veneration. Madonna is looking up to heaven, where the dove of the Holy Ghost hovers.
Text from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
How it was made
- Pen and ink
- Drawn with a quill or reed pen, often with wash added by brush to model light and shadow.
Sebastiano Conca
Italian, 1680–1764
Rights and the museum’s record
Public domain. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has dedicated this image to the public domain under CC0, so anyone may copy, adapt and use it, for any purpose, without asking. Our prints and files are reproductions made from the museum’s image; the museum doesn’t endorse them.
- Object number
- 1938-88-7192
- Credit
- Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Type
- Drawing
- Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Licence
- CC0 1.0 Universal
- Museum record
- See it on the museum’s site
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