Study for Devotional Picture with Five Saints

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Dimensionsh x w: Mått 22 x 26,5 cm

Inventory numberNMH 1497/1863

AcqusitionTransferred 1866 from Kongl. Museum (Carl Gustaf Tessin)

Other titlesTitle (sv): Studie av fem helgon Title (en): Study for Devotional Picture with Five Saints Inventory title (sv): Fem knäböjande figurer

DescriptionDescription: Watermark: Crescents (close to Heawood 865: Venice c. 1600). Inscribed verso in pen and brown ink: Lunardo Corona. Leonart Corona de Murano faubourg de Venise´s attacha a Coppier Les ouvrages du Titien, que beaucoup ont passe pour origineaux, il a peint dans les Sales du Palais des Marc, de Concurance avec le jeune Palme. Ridolfi 2 par, fol 97. Verso: Studies of Angels. The style is similar to known works by Corona, primarily the Annunciation in the Louvre and The Raising of the Cross in Oxford. The kneeling saints in the present sheet are probably, 1. to r., St. Margaret, St. Clare, St. Magdalene and St. John the Divine. The canonized monk in the centre with handcuffs in his right hand is probably Hieronymus Aemilianus, who founded a spiritual order for men in 1632 at Somasco near Bergamo, having served as a Venetian general. His order administered several charitable institutions in Venice. [Bjurström, It. Drawings, cat. no. 35]

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MaterialPaper

TechniqueWash drawing, Drawing