The Departure of Saint Paula and Saint Eustochium for the Holy Land, 1740, Red chalk; squared in black chalk, 15 7/8 x 9 5/8in. (40.3 x 24.4cm), Drawings, Giuseppe Bottani (Italian, Cremona 1717–1784 Mantua), The drawing is a squared study with minor variations for Bottani's monumental altarpiece now in the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, signed and dated 1745 ( 410 x 231 cm; inv. 410). The painting, generally considered the artist's early masterpiece, was executed in Rome and commissioned by the Hieronymites for their now-destroyed Milanese church of Santi Cosma e Damiano
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Departure, Saint Paula, Eustochium, Holy Land, 1740, Red chalk, squared, black, 15 7/8 x 9 5/8in, 40.3 24.4cm, Drawings, Giuseppe Bottani, Italian, Cremona, 1717–1784, Mantua, drawing, squared study, minor variations, Bottani, monumental altarpiece, now, Pinacoteca di, Brera, Milan, signed, dated 1745, 410 x, 231, cm, inv, 410, painting, generally considered, artist, early masterpiece, executed, Rome, commissioned, Hieronymites, now-destroyed Milanese, church, Santi Cosma, e, Damiano
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