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.)
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
brush and washdrawings (visual works)chalkpen and ink drawingsprints and drawingbrush and inkpaper (fiber product)indented for transfer
About
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.
