# Design for a looking-glass [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BERNINI, Gian Lorenzo]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Pen and brown wash over black chalk, 230 x 188 mm ## Commentary Design for a looking-glass c. 1656 Pen and brown wash over black chalk, 230 x 188 mm Royal Library, Windsor This sheet contains a drawing of a square looking-glass with the winged figure of Chronos above, holding drapery that falls to form framing curtains within the square. It was designed for the Queen of Sweden. It is inscribed, lower left: Disegno del Cavalier Gio. Lorenzo Bernino per uno specchio per la Regina di Suetia. ## Related artworks - [A portrait of a Man]() - [A seated male nude]() - [Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius \(detail\)]() - [Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius]() - [Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius]() - [Altar Cross]() - [Angel]() - [Angel with the Column]() - [Angel with the Crown of Thorns]() - [Angel with the Superscription]() - [Angels on Ponte Sant'Angelo]() - [Apollo and Daphne \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()