Study for Angels Sealing the Foreheads of the Children of Israel in Saint Peter's Basilica

1652

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Black chalk, brush with brown and gray wash, highlighted with white gouache, on three sheets of brownish paper glued with overlapping joints
Dimensions: 16-3/4 x 44-9/16 in. (42.7 x 113.2 cm) maximum, unevenly cut upper and lower borders
Collection no.: 66.134.1a–c
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Pietro da Cortona. Study for Angels Sealing the Foreheads of the Children of Israel in Saint Peter's Basilica. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Study for Angels Sealing the Foreheads of the Children of Israel in Saint Peter's Basilica — Pietro da Cortona. 1652.

Medium: Black chalk, brush with brown and gray wash, highlighted with white gouache, on three sheets of brownish paper glued with overlapping joints. Dimensions: 16-3/4 x 44-9/16 in. (42.7 x 113.2 cm) maximum, unevenly cut upper and lower borders.

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

Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1966.

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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