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The Martyrdom of St. Cecilia

Lorenzo Franchi
1565-1630

The Martyrdom of St. Cecilia

13 x 8 1/16 inches (330 x 204 mm)
Red chalk, red chalk wash, with white chalk, over black chalk, on paper; frame of pale green wash bordered in pen and brown ink, all squared for transfer in graphite; verso: figures from recto traced in black chalk.
1992.111

Gift of Janos Scholz.

Notes
Watermark: none.
Study for the altarpiece now in Santa Maria della Carità, Bologna (see Mostra di Lorenzo Franchi (1565-1632), exh. cat. by Elio Monducci and Massimo Pirondini, Reggio Emilia, Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo, 1976, 54, no. 19, pl. 28).
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso at lower center in pen and black ink, "Lorenzo Franchi Scolaro del Procacini / In S: Nicolo di S: Felice. _ _"; numbered at upper left in pen and gray-brown ink, "2".
Associated names
Goldstein, Max A. (Max Aaron), 1870-1941, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department