The Blessed Egidius (Cartoon for a Fresco), Lo Spagna, 1514–16

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The Blessed Egidius (Cartoon for a Fresco), 1514–16, Charcoal or black chalk; outlines pricked and pounced for transfer, 15 5/16 x 9 5/8 in. ( x cm), Drawings, Lo Spagna (Giovanni di Pietro) (Italian, Spain (?) ca. 1450–1528 Perugia), This carefully rendered working drawing of about 1514-16 was produced as a cartoon, or full-scale design, for the figure of the Blessed Egidius frescoed on the right entrance wall of the small polygonal chapel (the 'Cappella del Transito') by the south transept of the basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Assisi, marking the location where Saint Francis died on October 3, 1226

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