The Death of St Clare with Pope Innocent IV Blessing Salimbeni

Ventura Salimbeni (1568 - 1613)

Fitzwilliam Museum

1599

This drawing is a preparatory study for the vault of the chapel of San Massimo in Santa Maria degli Angeli, Assisi, which was one of Salimbeni's most important commissions outside Siena.

• Medium: black chalk, pen & brown ink, brown wash heightened with white
• Dimensions: 25.8 x 24.8cm
• Art Fund Grant: £4292 ( Total: £42,912)
• ArtFunded in: 1992
• Vendor: Christie's

Provenance

1st Earl of Leicester; by descent.

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