Study for Nude Male Figures Supporting a Frame and Plan of the Ceiling Decoration of Palazzo Altieri, Rome, 1625–1713, Pen and brown ink, some brush and brown wash, over black chalk, 7 7/16 x 10 1/8in. (18.9 x 25.7cm), Drawings, Carlo Maratti (Italian, Camerano 1625–1713 Rome), During the pontificate of Clement X Altieri (1670–1676), his family palace on the Piazza del Gesù in Rome was enlarged and redecorated. The leading Baroque artist in Rome, Carlo Maratti was commissioned to paint the main room between 1674 and 1677, but only the fresco that fills the long, narrow central section of the vault was executed
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