Drawing, The Virgin and Child Surrounded by Saints, ca. 1759 (CH 18550167)

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Drawing, The Virgin and Child Surrounded by Saints, ca. 1759 (CH 18550167)

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Horizontal rectangle. Sitting in clouds, surrounded by angels, Saint Joseph sits beside the Virgin Mary, bearing a standard. Mary holds the Christ Christ. Surrounding them are figures and cherubim seated on clouds. Verso: a study, roughly sketched in black crayon with white gouache, of the upper part of a man with outstretched arms shown in profile, turned toward right.

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1759
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Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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