Coronation of Otto the Great in the Church of Saint'Ambrogio, Milan
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, with graphite, on cream laid paper, incised for transfer with graphite, laid down on cream paper, laid down on cream board edged with gold
Dimensions
Primary support: 23 × 31.1 cm (9 1/16 × 12 1/4 in.); Secondary support: 24.1 × 32.3 cm (9 1/2 × 12 3/4 in.)
Classification
drawings (visual works)
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
185149
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Johann Christophorus Storer was a leading artist in Lombardy in the mid-17th century when he executed this drawing of the coronation of Otto the Great, the first Holy Roman Emperor (r. 962–73), who brought Italy and Burgundy under German control.