Virtue Crowned by Honor

A pen and red chalk sketch on blue paper shows a seated woman in flowing drapery at left, leaning toward a winged figure who raises an arm above her at upper right. White highlights lift the folds of cloth and the figures' forms. Faint construction lines frame the composition, and a small inscription appears at lower left.

Look closer: A small signature or inscription in the lower left corner.

Artist

Carlo Maratti

Date

1670–76

Medium

Pen and brown ink, over red chalk, highlighted with white gouache, on blue paper

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2313 × 2571 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1961