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Design for a Ceiling Fresco: The Dream of St. Joseph

(Spanish, 1628–1690)
Medium/TechniquePen and brown ink over graphite, squared for transfer in graphite
DimensionsSheet: 16.7 x 17.9 cm (6 9/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession number97.651
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); from whom purchased by MFA November 1897.
St. Gregory the Great
Unidentified artist, Spanish, 17th century
Landscape with Figures and Stag Hunt
Unidentified artist, French, 16th century
Landscape with Figures on a Road
Jan van de Velde II
early 17th century
The Pedlar's Cart
William Tolman Carlton
1836–88
Elijah in the Wilderness Being Comforted by an Angel
Unidentified artist, Roman
late 16th century
Unidentified artist, Netherlandish (?), 17th century
17th century