Panel Study for the Archangel Michael, The Angel of Victory Triptych
Datec. 1941
Artist
Violet Oakley
(American painter and illustrator, 1874–1961)
MediumTempera and oil on Masonite ™ panel
Dimensions48 × 32 in. (121.9 × 81.3 cm)
frame: 51 3/4 × 35 3/4 in. (131.4 × 90.8 cm)
frame: 51 3/4 × 35 3/4 in. (131.4 × 90.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 2012
Object number2012-29
On View
On viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextOakley used a grid system to expand smaller preparatory sketches into full-scale studies, called “cartoons.” These full-size sheets, such as the red chalk drawing of the Archangel Michael (at left), were used to transfer the design onto the wood panels of the altarpiece. Because the paint was applied very thinly, with the passage of time, one can often see the corresponding red grid lines beneath the surface of the final version, as in the case of The Angel of Victory triptych. (These preparatory grid marks would not have been visible at the time the painting was completed).
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