1724–25 · Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for ceiling decoration with Mars, Minerva, and a dancing satyr, for the Villa Puccini di Scornio, Pistoia, Italy

Giovanni Domenico FerrettiThe Met

Date

1724–25The Met

Medium

Black chalk, brush and gray wash, heightened with white, on pale rose washed paper; framing lines in pen and black inkThe Met

Dimensions

9 13/16 x 14 1/8in. (25 x 35.9cm)The Met

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, ManhattanThe Met

Inventory no.

1989.153The Met

Credit line

Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1989The Met