Study for a Ceiling Decoration: Coronation of the Virgin (recto); Female Head (verso), 1680, Red chalk, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, on brownish paper (recto); red chalk study of a female head (verso), 18 1/16 x 14 5/8in. (45.9 x 37.2cm), Drawings, attributed to Giacinto Brandi (Italian, Rome 1621–1691 Rome), Crowded scenes with the apotheosis of saints were a popular subject for ceiling decorations in Roman churches of the seventeenth and eighteenth century. The outlines of an architectural ceiling surrounding this powerful large-scale composition drawing, or ‘modello,’ reveal that this design was intended for such a fresco painting
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Study, Ceiling Decoration, Coronation, Virgin, recto, Female Head, verso, 1680, Red chalk, brush, brown wash, highlighted, white, brownish paper, red chalk study, female head, 18 1/16 x 14 5/8in, 45.9 37.2cm, Drawings, attributed to Giacinto Brandi, Italian, Rome, 1621–1691, Crowded scenes, apotheosis, saints, popular subject, ceiling decorations, Roman churches, seventeenth, eighteenth century, outlines, architectural ceiling, surrounding, powerful large-scale, composition, drawing, ‘modello, reveal, design, intended, fresco painting
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