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Seated Figure of St. John the Evangelist in a Spandrel. Verso: A Ceiling Decoration, and Studies of Standing and Seated Figures

Perino del Vaga
1500 or 1501-1547

Seated Figure of St. John the Evangelist in a Spandrel. Verso: A Ceiling Decoration, and Studies of Standing and Seated Figures

ca. 1538-1547
10 x 16 7/8 inches (255 x 429 mm)
Pen and brown ink on paper.
2020.50

Gift of the Kasper Collection.

Notes
One of the most impressive drawings by Perino del Vaga, the recto of this large sheet features a vigorous sketch for a spandrel with Saint John the Evangelist. Both it and the ceiling design on the verso include Perino's typically mannered, elegant figures and probably relate to a commission from the 1540s, when he was arguably the leading painter active in Rome.
Watermark: Lamb with standard inside circle, (Agnus Dei, Paschal lamb). Watermark, beta radiograph. lamb, pennant, standard, circle, Agnus Dei. 435037wm_2020_50_WM_beta.jpg
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Century Drawings
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