Study for a Figure of Saint Joseph, n.d., Black chalk, highlighted with white gouache, on blue-gray paper, sheet: 7 5/16 x 6 11/16 in. (18.5 x 17 cm), Drawings, Bartolomeo Schedoni (Italian, Formigine 1578–1615 Parma), The figure in this quick, luminous sketch is seen from below in a tightly compressed foreshortening to conform with the eye of a spectator viewing the form from the ground. The sketch was preparatory for the upper portion of a very tall, monumental altarpiece (Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples), originally commissioned from Schedoni in 1607 for the Cathedral of Fanano near Modena
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Study, Figure, Saint Joseph, n.d, Black chalk, highlighted, white gouache, blue-gray paper, sheet, 7 5/16 x 6 11/16, 18.5 17 cm, Drawings, Bartolomeo Schedoni, Italian, Formigine, 1578–1615, Parma, figure, quick, luminous sketch, tightly compressed, foreshortening, conform, eye, spectator viewing, form, ground, sketch, preparatory, upper portion, tall, monumental altarpiece, Museo Nazionale, di, Capodimonte, Naples, originally commissioned, Schedoni, 1607, Cathedral, Fanano, Modena
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