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Design for a Catafalque (recto); Female Saint Kneeling on Clouds under an Arch, and a Design for the Pinnacle of the Catafalque (verso)

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Design for a Catafalque (recto); Female Saint Kneeling on Clouds under an Arch, and a Design for the Pinnacle of the Catafalque (verso)

Baldassarre Franceschini (il Volterrano)

ca. 1669

Medium

Red chalk

Tags

Dimensions

14 5/8 x 10 3/16in. (37.2 x 25.9cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1975

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

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1611 –1690 • Italian

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