Two Pilaster with White Putti on Tan Ground

1575–1640

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, over traces of black chalk, on beige paper
Dimensions: sheet: 15 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (39.4 x 7 cm)
Collection no.: 50.605.22
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Giovanni Mauro della Rovere. Two Pilaster with White Putti on Tan Ground. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Two Pilaster with White Putti on Tan Ground — Giovanni Mauro della Rovere. 1575–1640.

Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, over traces of black chalk, on beige paper. Dimensions: sheet: 15 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (39.4 x 7 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, 1950.

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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