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Design for a Spandrel: A Roman Martyr and Two Putti–Saint Jude the Apostle
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- Date
- 1573/75
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white gouache, on blue laid paper
- Culture
- Italy
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 223801
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
Louise Bross identified the figure as Saint Jude the Apostle and the sheet as possibly an early idea for the placement of soldier-martyrs in the spandrels of the Chapel of the Trinity at Santo Spirito in Sassia. The dramatic contrasts of the brown ink, blue paper, and white highlights further animate the figure’s illusionistic pose.
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- Credit line
- Gift of John A. Bross in memory of Louise Smith Bross
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- Object type
- AAT300033973
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