Allegory of the Elevation of Oddone Colonna as Pope Martin V

Pen, brown wash, and red chalk drawing shows a crowded allegorical scene of clouds and draped figures. A robed figure in red floats at the top while a woman holds a tablet below, and reclining figures and a small putto sit in the foreground.

Artist

Benedetto Luti

Date

1700

Medium

Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, over black and red chalk, heightened with white opaque watercolor, on joined sheets of laid pape

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

Size

1686 × 2179 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray