Study for a Figure of Balaam (recto) and Study for a Right Arm (verso), 1682-1683, Carlo Maratti, Italian, (Roman), 1625 - 1713, 16 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. ( x cm) (image)19 7/8 x 14 1/4 in. ( x cm) (set into border), Red chalk on blue laid paper, Italy, 17th century, Carlo Maratti, arguably the preeminent painter in Rome in the late 17th century, executed this sheet of studies while designing mosaics for the Chapel of the Presentation of the Holy Virgin in St. Peter's. This boldly drawn male figure seated on clouds is the Old Testament prophet Balaam

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