Bernadino Poccetti, Woman and Child, 1604-1606, black and red chalk on paper, 8 7/8 in. x 6 3/8 in. (22.5 cm. x 16.2 cm.), As a final preparatory study for a figurative group in a lunette fresco, this drawing resolved a compositional challenge. As the lightly drawn arc above the woman's left shoulder indicates, the figures were to be placed in the extreme right of the fresco, directing the viewer's attention to and framing the historical narrative unfolding in the center. The existing fresco, one of fourteen by Poccetti for the Chiostri dei Morti (Cloister of the Dead) of Santissima Annunziata, Florence, closely follows this drawing, while a pen and ink drawing of the entire lunette, at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, represents an earlier planning stage. The series illustrates the founding and early history of the Servite Order. Poccetti, highly successful in the era of the Catholic Counter-Reformation, enriched his works with engaging details in order to fulfill the church's request 'to delight, to teach, to move.'
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Bernadino Poccetti, Woman, Child, 1604-1606, black, red chalk, paper, 8 7/8 . x 6 3/8, 22.5 cm. x 16.2 cm., final preparatory study, figurative group, lunette fresco, drawing resolved, compositional challenge., lightly drawn arc, woman's left shoulder indicates, figures, placed, extreme right, fresco, directing, viewer's attention, framing, historical narrative unfolding, center., existing fresco, fourteen, Poccetti, Chiostri dei Morti, Cloister, Dead, Santissima Annunziata, Florence, closely follows, drawing, pen, ink drawing, entire lunette, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, represents, earlier planning stage., series illustrates, founding, early history, Servite Order. Poccetti, highly successful, era, Catholic Counter-Reformation, enriched, works, engaging details, order, fulfill, church's request ' delight, teach, move.'
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