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The Angel Carrying off Habakkuk by His Hair, Surrounded by an Elaborate Rococo Frame
c. 1750
- Dating
- Approximate
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- pen and black ink with gray wash over graphite, heightened with white gouache and incised throughout, on two joined sheets of blue laid paper, the verso reddened for transfer
- Dimensions
- sheet: 50.9 x 70.6 cm (20 1/16 x 27 13/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2007.111.4
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner. The Angel Carrying off Habakkuk by His Hair, Surrounded by an Elaborate Rococo Frame. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Angel Carrying off Habakkuk by His Hair, Surrounded by an Elaborate Rococo Frame — Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner. c. 1750.
Medium: pen and black ink with gray wash over graphite, heightened with white gouache and incised throughout, on two joined sheets of blue laid paper, the verso reddened for transfer.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet: 50.9 x 70.6 cm (20 1/16 x 27 13/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2007.111.4. Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Purchased as the Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.