Studies for a Kneeling Figure of Christ and Altar Fronts.

1652–1725

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash over traces of black chalk; the secondary paper support is outlined with brush and pink wash on the verso
Dimensions: sheet: 8 1/8 x 5 7/8 in. (20.7 x 14.9 cm)
Collection no.: 1977.522.2
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Giovanni Battista Foggini. Studies for a Kneeling Figure of Christ and Altar Fronts.. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Studies for a Kneeling Figure of Christ and Altar Fronts. — Giovanni Battista Foggini. 1652–1725.

Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash over traces of black chalk; the secondary paper support is outlined with brush and pink wash on the verso. Dimensions: sheet: 8 1/8 x 5 7/8 in. (20.7 x 14.9 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1977.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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