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Project: Three flying angels supporting a broad oval frame with the representation of the Virgin with Child

Horizontal composition of a shell that frames the Virgin and the Child with three putti and lily stems. The size of the sheet did not allow space for the feet of the angel in the middle. The outline of an angel is drawn on the back.

Credit: Museum purchase through gift of various donors...

1775-1800
Pen and brown ink with brown wash and traces of graphite Support: off-white laid paper
1901-39-2553
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020

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