The Angel Carrying off Habakkuk by His Hair, Surrounded by an Elaborate Rococo Frame

Provenance

(sale, Phillips, London, 7 July 1993, no. 111). Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

The Angel Carrying off Habakkuk by His Hair, Surrounded by an Elaborate Rococo Frame

Baumgartner, Johann Wolfgang

c. 1750

Accession Number

2007.111.4

Medium

pen and black ink with gray wash over graphite, heightened with white gouache and incised throughout, on two joined sheets of blue laid paper, the verso reddened for transfer

Dimensions

sheet: 50.9 x 70.6 cm (20 1/16 x 27 13/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Purchased as the Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen