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Allegory of Heaven and Hell

Claudio Coello · 1642–1693

Maximum print size

Frame
40.6 × 50.8 cm · 16.0 × 20.0 in
Mat opening
22.6 × 31.8 cm · 8.9 × 12.5 in
Mat border, sides
9.1 cm · 3.6 in
Mat border, top and bottom
9.7 cm · 3.8 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date
1642–93
Medium
Pen and brown ink with brush and gray wash over black chalk underdrawing on beige paper. Composition outlined with brush and gray wash over pen and brown ink, in oval shape, with double outlines. Text written in pen and dark brown ink over black chalk below composition
Type
Drawings
Size
54.0 × 37.9 cm · 21.3 × 14.9 in
Orientation
portrait
Subjects
Cross, Dogs, Swords
Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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