Federico Barocci. Head of the Swooning Virgin Study for the Deposition (recot) Base of Column (verso). 1568–1569. Italy. Black chalk and charcoal, with stumping and traces of white chalk, on tan laid paper, pieced and incised After Raphael, Federico Barocci was the most important painter from Urbino; like Raphael, Barocci prepared for his painted compositions with an elaborate series of drawings. One of thirty-six known studies for his Deposition, painted c. 1568 / 69 for the Chapel of San Bernardino in the Cathedral of Perugia, this is one of three life-sized drawings, or cartoons, from which
Federico Barocci. Head of the Swooning Virgin Study for the Deposition (recot) Base of Column (verso). 1568–1569. Italy. Black chalk and charcoal, with stumping and traces of white chalk, on tan laid paper, pieced and incised After Raphael, Federico Barocci was the most important painter from Urbino; like Raphael, Barocci prepared for his painted compositions with an elaborate series of drawings. One of thirty-six known studies for his Deposition, painted c. 1568 / 69 for the Chapel of San Bernardino in the Cathedral of Perugia, this is one of three life-sized drawings, or cartoons, from which he transferred his design to its support.
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