The Funeral of Saint Stephen
Medium
pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash with traces of stylus over traces of black chalk
Dimensions
sheet: 24.9 × 19.3 cm · secondary support: 24.9 × 19.3 cm
Classification
Drawing
Department
Drawings
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
1947.70
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
male
About this artwork
Few drawings exist from the mid-1400s in Italy, and most that have are figure and drapery studies from artist's model books. So this sheet is extremely important as one of the few known compositional studies by a major artist from this period. Stylistic comparison to other drawings by Lippi and the fact that it relates to a fresco painting by him of the same subject confirms its authenticity.