Unfinished Design for a Choir Book: Initial with Scene of Christ Entering the Temple., by Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni), 1408–11
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Unfinished Design for a Choir Book: Initial with Scene of Christ Entering the Temple.

Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni) (Italian, Florence (?) ca. 1370–1425 Florence (?))

1408–11

Medium
Pen and pale grayish brown ink, brush and pale grayish brown wash (figural scene), pen and pale brown ink, over construction in leadpoint, ruling and compass work (ornamental parts), ruled lines in red ink, notes and words in pen and dark…
Classification
Drawings
Dimensions
Overall: 12 x 9 5/8 in. (30.5 x 24.4 cm)
Culture
Italian
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1999
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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