Study for a Painting: The Decapitation of Saint Catherine, Black chalk, pen and ink, brush and gray wash on paper, The saint is shown de face, kneeling. The henchman stands behind her at right, brandishing his swords. At left an angel flies, holding his right hand a palm branch and crowning the saint with a diadem. Pieces of the wheel lie at right. Framing lines., Italy, 1803, Drawing

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