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An ink drawing portrays two figures near a seated man in a booth: one standing with an angel behind him and another kneeling as a demon pulls them away by a chain.

An ink drawing portrays two figures near a seated man in a booth. One figure stands to the left of the image holding a small book in his hands. An angel stands behind him, with one hand on his shoulder and the other pointing upwards. Another figure kneels at the right of the image, next to the man in the booth. A chain emerged from the figure’s back, and to the far right a demon with hooved feet, wings, and horns pulls the chain.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
TL42414.2
People
Pietro Antonio Novelli, Italian (Castelfranco di Sotto, Italy 1729 - 1804 Florence, Italy)
Title
Confession or Penance from the series The Seven Sacraments
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1769
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/371393

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brush and gray wash with pen and brown ink
Dimensions
image: 31.1 × 41.1 cm (12 1/4 × 16 3/16 in.)
sheet: 38.9 × 52.8 cm (15 5/16 × 20 13/16 in.)
frame: 59.1 × 74.3 × 3.2 cm (23 1/4 × 29 1/4 × 1 1/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Yale University Art Gallery, Frederick M. Clapp, B.A. 1901, M.A. 191 I, Fund
Object Number
TL42414.2
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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