Rijksmuseum

Design for a Door Knocker

Date

c. 1760 - c. 1780

Medium

paper, chalk

Institution

Rijksmuseum

Ubaldo Gandolfi worked not only as a painter, but also as a sculptor. That he was used to thinking in three dimensions is clear from this design drawing with its emphatically rendered effect of depth. Apart from three easy to discern putti (little children or cherubs), two women's heads and a grotesque mask are concealed in this design. The sheet belongs to a group of at least six drawings by Gandolfi of ideas for splendidly decorated door knockers.

The authoritative record is held by Rijksmuseum. LinkedCulture surfaces this object and its connections; it does not alter institutional metadata.