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Giovanni Lanfranco

Giovanni Lanfranco

Italian, 1582–1647

WA-00023318

DrawingBaroque

Representation

None documented

0

Institutional Exhibitions

13

Works in Collection

17

Assets Indexed

1

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

70%

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ447730

Field Verification (1 fields)

1 cross-verified · 0 single-source

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Source Registry (1)

Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional85%

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Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Baroque

Medium

Drawing

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (13)

The Martyrdom of the Apostle Thomas

1638 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, spots of red wash at upper right and left

6 7/8 x 6 1/8in. (17.4 x 15.6cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Seated Apostles and Putti

1637 · Red chalk

5 3/16 x 9 5/8in. (13.1 x 24.5cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Bearded Prophet in Glory Attended by a Bishop, Two Other Male Saints, and Angels (Design for a Section of a Dome)

1634 · Black chalk, partly reworked by the artist in pen and brown ink

maximum sheet: 11 1/2 x 10 5/16 in. (29.2 x 26.2 cm), very irregular borders

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Prophet Elijah Awakened in the Desert by an Angel

The Prophet Elijah Awakened in the Desert by an Angel

1624 · paint on canvas, oil paint (paint)

width: 230 cm, weight: 60 cm, height: 212 cm, depth: 9 cm

Schepping van de dieren

Schepping van de dieren

1607 · etching on paper

height: 131 cm, width: 178 cm

Romeinse generaal spreekt zijn soldaten toe

Romeinse generaal spreekt zijn soldaten toe

1592 · etching on paper

width: 514 cm, height: 354 cm

Studie voor een Maria bij haar huwelijk

Studie voor een Maria bij haar huwelijk

1592 · chalk, paper

height: 402 cm, width: 357 cm

The Consecration of the Site of a Church in Rome by a Pope ("The Miracle of Saint Mary of the Snows"?)

1590 · Pen and brown ink, over red chalk, some black chalk, and ruled construction; patches of paper with corrections pasted by the artist

sheet: 9 5/8 x 6 3/16 in. (24.4 x 15.7 cm) maximum; silhouetted at the top

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Male Figure Running

1582 · Pen and brown ink

8 1/16 x 4 5/8in. (20.5 x 11.8cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Putti and a Young Satyr at Play

1582 · Red chalk

7 3/8 x 10 1/8in. (18.8 x 25.7cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Design for a Wall Decoration with the Sacrifice of Abraham and the Flight into Egypt

1582 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of red chalk, highlighted with white gouache, on blue paper; architectural moldings above and below indicated in ruled black chalk lines

sheet: 6 1/4 x 16 in. (15.9 x 40.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Miraculous Mass of Saint Martin of Tours with the Apparition of a Ball of Fire above His Head

1582 · Pen and brown ink

7 3/16 x 4 1/8in. (18.2 x 10.5cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Seated Draped Male Figure (recto); Rough Studies of Putti (verso)

1582 · Black chalk, faint traces of white on gray-blue paper (recto); black chalk (verso)

16-5/8 x 10-13/16 in. (42.3 x 27.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (3)

13 published of 15 catalogued · 5 with image

The Met
9 published
Rijksmuseum
4 published4 img
+ 1 more source · 2 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)

4 entries · 1 sources

Studie voor een Maria bij haar huwelijk
1592 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Schepping van de dieren
1607 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Romeinse generaal spreekt zijn soldaten toe
1592 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Prophet Elijah Awakened in the Desert by an Angel
1624 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

Artsy artist portrait

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Seated Draped Male Figure (recto); Rough Studies of Putti (verso) (Met Museum)

Met Museum

Relationships

3

Movements1

Collections2

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

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