Study of Two Figures for the Age of Gold, 1637, Black chalk, slightly reworked by the artist with the wet tip of the chalk stick, 12 11/16 x 9 3/4in. (32.3 x 24.7cm), Drawings, Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) (Italian, Cortona 1596–1669 Rome), In June 1637, Pietro da Cortona, the leading Italian Baroque painter of his time, arrived in Florence and immediately began a fresco cycle commissioned by the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinando II (1610-1670) and his wife Vittoria della Rovere (1622-1694), for the Camera della Stufa in the Pitti Palace
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Study, Two Figures, Age, Gold, 1637, Black chalk, slightly reworked, artist, wet tip, chalk stick, 12 11/16 x 9 3/4in, 32.3 24.7cm, Drawings, Pietro da Cortona, Berrettini, Italian, Cortona, 1596–1669, Rome, June, da, leading Italian, Baroque, painter, time, arrived, Florence, immediately, fresco cycle, commissioned, Grand Duke, Tuscany, Ferdinando II, 1610-1670, wife Vittoria, della, Rovere, 1622-1694, Camera della, Stufa, Pitti Palace
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