Design for the Base of the Silver Crucifix for the High Altar of Saint Peter's, Rome, Italy, Antonio Gentilili da Faenza, Italian, 1519 – 1609, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk on off-white laid paper; verso: black chalk, Drawing in three registers. Upper register, garlands are suspended from a large mask which is flanked by open scrolls; central register, two male nudes (slave figures in the style of Michelangelo) rest neatly within each curving concave side of the base flanking a framed central oval medallion; lower register, volutes and lion paws with the Farnese crest

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