Art, literature & history
Earthquake in an Artist's Studio
c. 1660
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray wash, over charcoal on cream laid paper (recto); pen and brown ink and charcoal on cream laid paper (verso)
- Dimensions
- 21.1 × 27.1 cm (8 5/16 × 10 11/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1991.405
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Pietro da Cortona. Earthquake in an Artist's Studio. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Earthquake in an Artist's Studio — Pietro da Cortona. c. 1660.
Medium: Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray wash, over charcoal on cream laid paper (recto); pen and brown ink and charcoal on cream laid paper (verso). Dimensions: 21.1 × 27.1 cm (8 5/16 × 10 11/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
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.