Nuns kneeling before an altar, visited by angels c.1575-1600

Pen and brown ink and pale brown wash | 18.7 x 26.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 990157

Attributed to Bernardo Castello (1557-1629)

Girls and nuns kneeling before the altar c.1575-1600

Description

A drawing of four girls and a group of nuns kneeling before the altar of a chapel, at the door of which St Michael, accompanied by other angels, is knocking. Inscribed in pencil at lower left in a hand of the eighteenth century, 'Ber. Castelli', which Popham (in P&W) provisionally accepted.
People involved

Creator(s)

Attributed to
Search the collection Bernardo Castello (1557-1629)
(artist)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Pen and brown ink and pale brown wash

pen and brown ink, brown wash

Measurements

18.7 x 26.7 cm (sheet of paper)
Groupings
Object type(s)
visual works
drawings/watercolours
Subject(s)
Religion & Theology
Religions and faiths
Religious orders
Nuns
Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
Architecture
Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
Altars
References

Other number(s)

P&W : Popham, A.E. & Wilde, J., 1949. The Italian Drawings of the XV and XVI Centuries in the Collection of His Majesty The King at Windsor Castle, London – P&W 207

RL O : Royal Library "O" Number Register – RL O157