Study for an Angel (recto); Study of a Cushion (verso), Annibale Carracci, 1600–1602

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Study for an Angel (recto); Study of a Cushion (verso), 1600–1602, Charcoal or soft black chalk, highlighted with white chalk, on blue paper; several scattered stains of rose-colored paint at lower left (recto); black chalk with some white chalk highlights (verso), Sheet: 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. ( x cm), Drawings, Annibale Carracci (Italian, Bologna 1560–1609 Rome), A young model, probably a studio assistant, posed for Annibale Carracci in this study of an angel-- the wings are only lightly indicated above his shoulders, almost as an afterthought. The angel's figure appears on the right in Annibale's altarpiece Saint Gregory Praying for the Souls in Purgatory, commissioned by Cardinal Antonio Maria Salviati about 1600-1602

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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