CORTONA, Pietro da
(b. 1596, Cortona, d. 1669, Roma)

Design for the ceiling

1633-39
Pen with brown wash, 427 x 562 mm
Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna

The picture shows the overall design for the ceiling of the Salone in Palazzo Barberini, Rome. This is one of the few surviving preliminary drawings for the great ceiling fresco. It is assumed that there must have been a comprehensive design in the form of a bozzetto.




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