Group of Nude Male Figures Kneeling and Standing in Supplication

Group of Nude Male Figures Kneeling and Standing in Supplication

Giovanni Baglione

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

As pointed out by O'Neil (2002, see here Bibliography), the present drawing records an early, discarded idea for the fresco painted by Baglione in 1598 in the church of Santa Maria dell'Orto, Rome

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Group of Nude Male Figures Kneeling and Standing in SupplicationGroup of Nude Male Figures Kneeling and Standing in SupplicationGroup of Nude Male Figures Kneeling and Standing in SupplicationGroup of Nude Male Figures Kneeling and Standing in SupplicationGroup of Nude Male Figures Kneeling and Standing in Supplication

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