Celestial Scene with Angels

Title	Celestial Scene with Angels
Artist	Unknown Artist European, 18th century
Date	n.d.
Medium	Pen and brown ink, and brush and red chalk and brown wash, over touches of graphite, on lunette- shaped cream laid paper
Classification	pen and ink drawings
Origin	Germany

Themes: Celestial charts & astronomy

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“Celestial Scene with Angels” is a work by Unknown Artist European, 18th century, dated n.d.. It is executed in pen and brown ink, and brush and red chalk and brown wash, over touches of graphite, on lunette- shaped cream laid paper and classified as pen and ink drawings. In this archive it sits within the celestial charts & astronomy tradition. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).

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