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Francesco Vanni

20 works

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Painting of Mary Magdalene with golden hair and halo, head resting on a wooden cross, pink drapery, Latin inscription below.

Repentant Mary Magdalene

1590

Painting of Christ bound at the column with crown of thorns, a soldier at left and grieving women at right.

Christ at the Column of the Flagellation

1596

Painting of the Virgin holding the Christ Child between Saint Cecilia with organ pipes and Saint Agnes with a lamb.

The Virgin and Child with Saints Cecilia and Inez

1600

Painting of a dead Christ supported by grieving figures, with a red drape and a dark background, by Francesco Vanni.

Pieta

1596

Brown wash drawing of the Nativity with Mary and Joseph kneeling before the glowing infant Christ, an angel and cherubs above

The Nativity

about 1600

Etching of Saint Catherine of Siena standing before a glowing crucifix with angels above, hatched in fine parallel lines.

Saint Catherine of Siena Receiving the Stigmata

c. 1595

Etched print of St Francis reclining beside a skull while a winged angel plays a lute on a cloud above.

St Francis consoled by a musical angel

1595

Etching of Saint Francis in ecstasy with a crucifix and skull, while a cherub plays a lute on a cloud above.

Heilige Franciscus van Assisi in extase

1573

Brown wash drawing of Christ crowning a kneeling woman as cherubs and a dove of the Holy Spirit gather in the clouds above.

The Coronation of the Virgin

1605

Sketch in red chalk and wash of Christ kneeling to wash a disciple's feet while a group of haloed onlookers watches.

Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet

1583-1610

Pen and ink study of the Virgin with angels, putti, a saint and kneeling woman, plus scrollwork and a city skyline sketch.

The Virgin Protectress of the City of Siena

1588

Standing Woman Looking to Left Background

1596-98

Pen and ink figure studies of robed clerics, Adam and Eve, and a reclining skeleton on a pale sheet.

Figure Studies: Standing and Kneeling Clerics and Religious, Adam and Eve, and a Reclining Skeleton

ca. 1602

Red and black chalk drawing of a man's head tilted down with closed eyes and a hand at his neck.

Head of a Man with Closed Eyes

1563-1610

Pen and brown wash drawing of a saint walking on water with angels above and kneeling figures and a city below.

Saint Hyacinth Walking on the Waters

1599

Brown ink and wash drawing of a kneeling cardinal with rosary among haloed saints and an angel, with a city view behind.

Cardinal Paolo Sfondrato Kneeling Before Saint Cecilia, Accompanied by other Saints

1563-1610

Pencil sketch of a veiled woman bending over a nude infant, with drapery studies below, on a gridded sheet.

Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine with Saint Jerome

Black chalk study of an armored winged figure surrounded by falling and struggling figures in a circular composition.

Study for Saint Michael Casting Out Lucifer

1581/83

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin on clouds surrounded by angels, saints and crowds of figures below.

The Virgin, Queen of Heaven

early 17th century

Brown wash drawing of Christ on the cross with INRI sign, flanked by a standing woman, a kneeling woman and a haloed man.

Christus aan het kruis, met Maria, Catharina van Siena en Johannes

1590

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