Foreshortened Angel

Provenance

William F. E. Gurley (1854–1943), Chicago [stamp (Lugt 5308), recto, lower rght, in black]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago for the Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection, 1922 [stamp (Lugt 1230b), verso, center on mount].

Foreshortened Angel

Antonio da Correggio

1522/30

Accession Number

3979

Medium

Red chalk, with stumping, on tan laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

21.7 × 26.3 cm (8 9/16 × 10 3/8 in.)

Classification

chalk

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection