Sketch for the Decoration of a Dome

Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini (1675 - 1741)

V&A (Victoria & Albert Museum)

1710

An oil sketch for the decoration of a dome, signed and dated 1710, with figures circling on clouds round an open lantern. Pellegrini visited England from 1708-1713, and was considered for the dome of St Paul's, for which this may be a sketch.

• Medium: oil
• Dimensions: 57 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £120 ( Total: £120)
• ArtFunded in: 1953

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