This is a drawing featuring multiple figures and gestures, executed in red chalk. The composition depicts entwined figures, some reclining, others gesturing upwards. A figure with a moon symbol on their headgear appears to be levitating from clouds. The composition conveys movement and emotion, suggesting themes of divine intervention or celestial phenomena.
Artwork Details
- Date
- c. 1550
- Medium
- red chalk, squared with black chalk and indented for transfer, on two joined sheets of laid paper
- Dimensions
- 6050 × 3276 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original