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Studies for Christ Meeting His Mother on the Road to Calvary, Studies of an Angel in a Pendentive (verso)

Cristoforo Roncalli

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image shows two sketches drawn in red-brown colored pencil on aged paper. The sketches depict people in various poses. The top half of the image features two sketches side by side. The left sketch features a group of 5 people with one figure in the foreground on the left; the figures are drawn within a rectangular border. The right sketch features 3 people; the center figure appears to be leaning forward toward the figure on the left while the figure on the right appears to be reaching out to the center figure; the figures are drawn within a rectangular border. The bottom half of the image features 5 sketches of angels, possibly supporting domes or vaults; the sketches are arranged in a row with one figure in each sketch; 2 on the left and right; 3 in the center. The background behind the sketches is white.

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1137 × 893 px
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