Descent from the Cross
The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
Catalogue
- Year
- 1647
- Dimensions
- 26.9 × 20.2 cm (10 5/8 × 8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Domenico Piola
Artist
Painting
Domenico Piola was a Genoese painter of the Baroque period. He was the leading artist in Genoa in the second half of the 17th century, working on ceiling frescoes for many Genoese churches and palaces and canvas paintings for private collectors. His family studio was highly prolific and frequently collaborated with other artists.
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Study for Detail: Saint Veronica
1675 · Brush and brown ink, heightened with white chalk, over black chalk, on gray laid paper
The Catafalque of Philip IV of Spain
1660 · Etching
Assumption of the Virgin
1648 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper
Massacre of the Innocents
1647 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper
Holy Family with Saint Anne and Infant Saint John the Baptist
1647 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray and brown wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper
Allegory of Victory
1647 · Pen and iron gall ink, with brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper with blue fibers
Record
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- Domenico Piola
- Year
- 1647
- Dimensions
- 26.9 × 20.2 cm (10 5/8 × 8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1647-332399
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified