Design for a Monochrome Painting, Church of Corpus Domini, Bologna, Italy, Marc Antonio Franceschini, Italian, 1648 – 1729, Pen and ink, brush and bistre, black wash, black chalk on paper, Figural group surrounding an obelisk on a pedestal. Two flying puttos decorate the obelisk with a leaf garland. On the pedestal, the inscription 'CORDIS / ET GLORIE / CONSORS' Two women in drapery lean upon the pedestal at either side. The woman at left raises a ring and holds a bough and is accompanied by a flying angel raising two hearts which are surrounded by a chain. Woman at right holds a nail

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