# Madonna and Saints

**Sebastiano Conca** (Italian, 1680–1764)  
ca. 1730  
Pen and brown ink, brush and wash, whitening, on paper

Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 1938-88-7192. [The museum's record](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/68146).

## 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._

Sebastiano Conca drew this in about 1730, aged 50. It is now at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York.

### 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](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/sebastiano-conca)

Italian, 1680–1764

## Facts

- Type: Drawing
- The artist was 50
- Century: 18th century
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

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