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Study for the Head of St. Michael, 1633. Creator: Pietro da Cortona (Italian, 1596-1669)

Study for the Head of St. Michael, 1633. Pietro da Cortona drew this angelically beautiful face in a style reminiscent of the work of Renaissance master Raphael (1483-1520). Cortona's use of black chalk to develop extremely subtle effects of shading shows the technique at its most refined. He drew this sheet in preparation for a ceiling decoration, Saint Michael and Angels with the Instruments of the Passion, painted in fresco in the church of Santa Maria in Vallicella (better known as the Chiesa Nuova, or "New Church") in Rome, completed in 1633

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Virgin and child with Saints James, John the Baptist, Pope Stephen I and Francis

Virgin and child with Saints James, John the Baptist, Pope Stephen I and Francis. Found in the Collection of Museo dell'Accademia Etrusca e della Citta di Cortona

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Umbria Terni Terni S. Maria Assunta Duomo Italy

Umbria Terni Terni S. Maria Assunta, Duomo, this is my Italy, the italian country of visual history, Exterior views baroque facade, bell tower, portico, blind gothic portal with a vinescroll archivolt, and preserved main portal with an inhabited vinescroll architrave. Interior views main altar marble ciborium and altar painting of the Assumption of the Virgin half-dome fresco of the Trinity mixed media altarpiece formed by a wooden crucifix hung on top of a painting of the crucifixion with saints Mary and Mary Magdalen fresco fragments of Saint Anthony Abbot organ by Bernini, and various paintings. Sacristy ornate interior with ceiling paintings by Pietro da Cortona museum with architectural fragments and a tomb effigy reliquary of St. Valentine in the shape of an arm and hand gold processional cross terracotta statue of the Madonna and Child and a stone statue of the Pieta. Crypt 10th and 11th-century capitals Roman and medieval sculptural fragments and the tomb of St. Anastasia. Photo 1982

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