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Marcantonio Franceschini

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Painting of a kneeling emaciated woman receiving communion from a monk, with angels and cherubs in a landscape with lake and

The Last Communion of Saint Mary of Egypt

1680

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ, with a young John the Baptist and an elderly woman beside them.

The Virgin and Child with Saint Elizabeth and Saint John the Baptist

1660

Painting of an elderly bearded man embracing a seated woman while another woman pours wine from a jug in a dark setting.

Lot and his Daughters

1676

Painting of nude Adam and Eve by a tree with a serpent and red apples, with a lion and lamb in the foreground.

Adam and Eve

1680

Winged guardian angel in gold and white drapery leads a nude child along a rocky shore beneath a blue sky.

The Guardian Angel

1716

Painting of a man in blue robes warding off a kneeling woman beside a tomb, with two angels and a rocky landscape.

Noli Me Tangere ("Touch me not")

1700

Painting of Christ seated at a stone well speaking with a woman holding a jar, with trees and onlookers behind them.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria

1700

Seated woman nursing an infant beside a sleeping baby, while a child reaches up to a bird on a string in a wooded landscape.

Charity

1683

Painting of a seated man in red and blue speaking with a woman holding a jar at a stone well in a wooded landscape.

La Samaritaine

1700

Pen and brown wash drawing of a bearded saint in robes holding a panel of the Virgin and Child in an arched niche.

Saint Luke Holding a Painting of the Virgin and Child

1648-1729

Brown wash drawing of a curly-haired winged angel leaning forward with arms resting on a closed tablet or book.

Cartoon Fragment for Adolescent Angel Leaning on a Tablet or Closed Book

ca. 1690-95

Pen and wash drawing of Saint Lawrence beside a grill, with a putto holding a palm frond and cherubs in a tree.

Saint Lawrence Standing and Holding the Grill, Instrument of His Martyrdom

ca. 1715

Brown wash drawing of a mythological birth scene with a seated woman, an infant, cherubs, satyrs and nymphs in a wooded lands

The Birth of Adonis

ca. 1684

Drawing of a seated woman with a unicorn in a shell niche, with a putto and attendant on clouds below.

Allegorical Figure of Purity with a Unicorn

1688-89

Brown ink and wash drawing of an allegorical seated woman with mirror, putti on clouds, and a kneeling attendant in a shell n

Allegorical Figure of Faith

1648-1729

Brown wash drawing of a seated allegorical woman holding a flaming heart, with an infant, cherubs and clouds under a radiatin

Allegorical Figure of Charity

1688-89

Pen and brown ink drawing of a kneeling monk in ecstasy beside a crucifix and skull, with angels among clouds above.

St. Bruno in Ecstasy

1800

Pen and wash drawing of Venus on a cloud holding an apple, with Cupid and two putti in a ceiling design.

Design for a Ceiling Painting, Venus, Cupid, and Putti

1700

Brown wash drawing of a reclining woman with a winged cherub, a ship approaching on the sea at right.

Study for an Overdoor Painting, Ariadne Viewing the Approach of Bacchus' Ship

1700

Brown wash drawing of Venus reclining while Cupid tends her foot, with a hilly landscape and tree behind them.

Study for an Overdoor Painting, Cupid Removes a Thorn from the Foot of Venus

1700

Brown ink and wash drawing of a deathbed scene with angels playing lute and flute above, putti on clouds, and kneeling mourne

Design for a Monochrome Wall Painting, Church of Corpus Domini, Bologna, Italy, Death of St. Caterina Vigri

1690

Brown ink drawing of the Virgin handing the infant Christ to a kneeling woman, with angels and putti among clouds.

Design for a Monochrome Wall Painting, Church of Corpus Domini, Bologna, Italy, St. Caterina Vigri Receives the Babe…

1690

Pen and brown wash drawing of two nude putti, one holding a bundle of stalks and one raising a sprig of foliage.

Design for a Lunette, Church of Corpus Domini, Bologna, Italy, Summer

1690

Pen and wash drawing of two allegorical women flanking an inscribed pedestal and obelisk, with cherubs and a garland above.

Design for a Monochrome Painting, Church of Corpus Domini, Bologna, Italy

1690