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Howard Sturges

American, died 1955

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This painting shows several people in the sky, surrounded by billowing fabric. In the center is a person who appears to be sitting on a cloud-like form. The person is on their back with their legs towards us and their head tilted up. They have short, curly hair and wear a garment of red and green cloth, with their arms raised upward above their head, their hands cupped together in a circular shape. On either side of them, three other people are partially visible, two to the left and one to the right. These people appear to be supporting the cloud and the central person, lifting them upwards. They have large blue and green wings with cloth draped around them, and no distinct facial features. One of the people on the left looks like a child, perhaps a cherub, although their upper body and head are blocked up the wings of the other person. What looks like the back of another person's head is visible in the bottom left. All of the people have pale skin. The background features a blue sky with streaks of cream and pink. The painting is enclosed within an oval shape and bordered in reddish-brown.
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Saint Roch Carried to Heaven by Angels, c. 1735/1745, oil on canvas, Gift of Howard Sturges, 1956.9.16

Saint Roch Carried to Heaven by Angels

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · c. 1735/1745 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1956.9.16

Giustino Menescardi, The Flight into Egypt with the Holy Family and Two Angels in a Skiff, pen and brown ink with brown wash, heightened with white, over black chalk on laid paper, Gift of Howard Sturges, 1956.9.24

The Flight into Egypt with the Holy Family and Two Angels in a Skiff

Giustino Menescardi · · pen and brown ink with brown wash, heightened with white, over black chalk on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1956.9.24

Anonymous Artist, Drawing for a Ceiling Fresco, pen and brown ink with brown wash over (graphite?), Gift of Howard Sturges, 1956.9.23

Drawing for a Ceiling Fresco

Anonymous Artist · · pen and brown ink with brown wash over (graphite?) ·  Accession ID  1956.9.23

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, Parade (A Theatrical Procession in Paris), black chalk with watercolor on laid paper, Gift of Howard Sturges, 1956.9.28

Parade (A Theatrical Procession in Paris)

Augustin de Saint-Aubin · · black chalk with watercolor on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1956.9.28

British 18th Century, Head of a Child, 1720/1740, black and red chalks heightened with white chalk on brown paper, Gift of Howard Sturges, 1956.9.22

Head of a Child

British 18th Century · 1720/1740 · black and red chalks heightened with white chalk on brown paper ·  Accession ID  1956.9.22

Richard Cosway, Portrait of a Woman, 1790s, watercolor over graphite on wove paper, Gift of Howard Sturges, 1956.9.26

Portrait of a Woman

Richard Cosway · 1790s · watercolor over graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1956.9.26

Anonymous Artist, Lady's Head, graphite on laid paper, Gift of Howard Sturges, 1956.9.7

Lady's Head

Anonymous Artist · · graphite on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1956.9.7

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Male Nude Study, charcoal heightened with white chalk on blue paper, Gift of Howard Sturges, 1956.9.11

Male Nude Study

Pierre Paul Prud'hon · · charcoal heightened with white chalk on blue paper ·  Accession ID  1956.9.11

Giacomo Guardi, Capriccio of Classical Ruins on a Shore, pen and black and brown ink with gray and brown wash on laid paper, Gift of Howard Sturges, 1956.9.18

Capriccio of Classical Ruins on a Shore

Giacomo Guardi · · pen and black and brown ink with gray and brown wash on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1956.9.18

Anton Raphael Mengs, Male Nude Study, black chalk on paper washed gray, Gift of Howard Sturges, 1956.9.13

Male Nude Study

Anton Raphael Mengs · · black chalk on paper washed gray ·  Accession ID  1956.9.13