The Annunciation, ca. 1522–25, Pen and brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, squared in red

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The Annunciation, ca. 1522–25, Pen and brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, squared in red chalk, on paper tinted with reddish wash, 3-3/4 x 6-3/4 in. ( x cm), Drawings, Correggio (Antonio Allegri) (Italian, Correggio, active by 1514–died 1534 Correggio), This exquisite small sheet is a preparatory study for the severely damaged fresco originally painted for the Church of San Francesco, Parma (now in the Galleria Nazionale, Parma). The drawing is highly worked in a rich mixture of media with the topmost layer in thick white gouache, anticipating the brilliant lighting and color of the fresco

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