An Ecclesiastic (Pope?) Blessing a Book before the Sacred College., Cesare Nebbia, 1580–90

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An Ecclesiastic (Pope?) Blessing a Book before the Sacred College., 1580–90, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk; traces of framing outlines in pen and brown ink, sheet: 8 7/16 x 11 5/16 in. ( x cm) maximum; original support, Drawings, Cesare Nebbia (Italian, Orvieto ca. 1536–1614 Orvieto), Rendered with the typically stark 'chiaroscuro' modelling of late drawings by this artist, the proposed oblong composition sketch represents in rather summary form the seated figure of a pope or a cardinal (the mitre is relatively short and ambiguous in shape), surrounded by a sacred College, as he is presented by a monk with a large book

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