Ceiling design: God and putti with symbols of the Passion

NameCeiling design: God and putti with symbols of the Passion

ProductionCarlo Ridolfi; attributed; early to mid 17th century

Classificationdrawings, works on paper

Materialsink, paper

Materials Summarypen and brown ink and wash

Techniqueswash technique

DimensionsImage: 255mm (width), 330mm (height)

Registration Number1972-0006-2

Credit linePurchased 1972 with Lindsay Buick Bequest funds

Grand designs

‘Ornamentation is the principal part of architecture,’ wrote the famous art critic John Ruskin.

Every artist and designer featured in this exhibition would nod their head.

Carlo Ridolfi sketched this grandiose baroque-style ceiling in the early to mid 1600s.