A Tabernacle Containing a Papal Escutcheon Supported by Angels

ca. 1538–40

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Pen and brown ink, over traces of leadpoint or soft black chalk and stylus-ruling
Dimensions: 17-7/8 x 13-9/16 in. (45.4 x 34.4 cm)
Collection no.: 1998.10
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Giulio Romano. A Tabernacle Containing a Papal Escutcheon Supported by Angels. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

A Tabernacle Containing a Papal Escutcheon Supported by Angels — Giulio Romano. ca. 1538–40.

Medium: Pen and brown ink, over traces of leadpoint or soft black chalk and stylus-ruling. Dimensions: 17-7/8 x 13-9/16 in. (45.4 x 34.4 cm).

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

Credit line: Purchase, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, and Charlotte Gere Gift, in memory of John Gere; and Gift of Malcolm Wiener, 1998.

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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