Design for a Carved or Openworked Frame with a Variant by Giovanni Battista Foggini

Design for a Carved or Openworked Frame with a Variant 1652 - 1725

drawing, print

drawing

toned paper

light pencil work

print

pencil sketch

incomplete sketchy

coloured pencil

pen-ink sketch

pen work

watercolour illustration

pencil art

watercolor

This pen and ink drawing, by Italian artist Giovanni Battista Foggini, is a design for a carved or openworked frame. The frame is elaborately decorated with swirling, asymmetrical motifs and includes a central cherub at the top. This Baroque design showcases the highly decorative style popular during this period. It is likely that Foggini, who was known for his work as a sculptor and goldsmith, intended this drawing to be used for a frame for a painting or mirror. The drawing is housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.