Study after Bernini's Angel at Ponte Sant'Angelo, red chalk drawing
A standing angel in flowing drapery holds a long object against the shoulder, wings rising behind, with the head tilted upward. The figure is drawn in red chalk with brown ink accents on pale, aged laid paper, with an inscription at the lower edge.
- Artist
- Gian Lorenzo Bernini
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, over red chalk (recto) and pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over red chalk (verso), on cream laid paper
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 2790 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1700).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection