Study for Angels Sealing the Foreheads of the
Study for Angels Sealing the Foreheads of the Children of Israel in Saint Peter's Basilica, 1652, Black chalk, brush with brown and gray wash, highlighted with white gouache, on three sheets of brownish paper glued with overlapping joints, 16-3/4 x 44-9/16 in. (42.7 x 113.2 cm) maximum, unevenly cut upper and lower borders, Drawings, Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) (Italian, Cortona 1596-1669 Rome), Composed of three joined sheets, this magisterial design represents a vision of the Apocalypse, with the division of risen souls on the Day of Judgment. It is a study for the mosaic decoration of a dome in the right nave of Saint Peter's basilica
Picture No
11982830
Media ID
46908320
Size
7200px x 2832px
(19.8MB)
Credit
© The Liszt Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Artokoloro Liszt Collection
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1652 Apocalypse Foreheads Judgment Risen Sealing Souls Vision
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