The Annunciation, ca. 1522–25, Pen and brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, squared in red chalk, on paper tinted with reddish wash, 3-3/4 x 6-3/4 in. (9.5 x 17.2 cm), Drawings, Correggio (Antonio Allegri) (Italian, Correggio, active by 1514–died 1534 Correggio), This exquisite small sheet is a preparatory study for the severely damaged fresco originally painted for the Church of San Francesco, Parma (now in the Galleria Nazionale, Parma). The drawing is highly worked in a rich mixture of media with the topmost layer in thick white gouache, anticipating the brilliant lighting and color of the fresco
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Annunciation, ca, 1522–25, Pen, brown ink, brush, gray-brown wash, highlighted, white gouache, squared, red chalk, paper tinted, reddish, 3-3/4 x 6-3/4, 9.5 17.2 cm, Drawings, Correggio, Antonio Allegri, Italian, active by, 1514–died, 1534, exquisite, small, sheet, preparatory study, severely damaged, fresco, originally, painted, Church, San Francesco, Parma, now, Galleria Nazionale, drawing, highly worked, rich mixture, media, topmost layer, thick white, gouache, anticipating, brilliant lighting, color
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