Studies for Figures of Five Angels

Art Historical Context

This delicate sheet of studies captures the graceful forms of five, rendered by an anonymous draftsman from Seville school in 17th-century Spain. During Spain’s Golden Age, Seville flourished as a center of Baroque art, where artists created emotionally charged religious works to inspire devotion amid the Counter-Reformation. Though the artist remains unknown, the drawing reflects the expressive style of the period, with fluid lines suggesting movement and heavenly presence typical of Spanish Baroque compositions. Executed in pen and light brown ink over black chalk, with subtle gray wash acc...