The Multiplication of Loaves and Fishes, c. 1750, Gregorio Guglielmi, Italian, (Roman), 1714 - 1773, 15 13/16 x 22 15/16 in. ( x cm) (sheet)29 11/16 x 23 11/16 x 1 1/8 in. ( x x cm) (outer frame), Brush and gray wash over black chalk on laid cream paper, Italy, 18th century, This large, highly finished sheet was probably the definitive design for the fresco Gregorio Guglielmi executed in the refectory of the convent of Sant'Agostino in Rome because there are very few differences between this drawing and the final painting.

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