View in 3/4 of a Design for a Headpiece Decorated with a Shell and Large Plume

1652–1725

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and light brown wash over traces of black chalk
Dimensions: sheet: 6 9/16 x 4 1/2 in. (16.6 x 11.5 cm)
Collection no.: 52.570.227
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Giovanni Battista Foggini. View in 3/4 of a Design for a Headpiece Decorated with a Shell and Large Plume. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

View in 3/4 of a Design for a Headpiece Decorated with a Shell and Large Plume — Giovanni Battista Foggini. 1652–1725.

Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and light brown wash over traces of black chalk. Dimensions: sheet: 6 9/16 x 4 1/2 in. (16.6 x 11.5 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, 1952.

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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