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Pencil sketch of a kneeling woman looking up while a man above raises his arm, study for a martyrdom scene.

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Study for the Martyrdom of St Emerenziana

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Guercino · Italian, 1591-1666

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Study for the Martyrdom of St Emerenziana, Guercino (1863), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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A pencil and chalk study shows a kneeling woman in flowing drapery gazing upward while a male figure above her raises an arm, as if about to strike. Loose construction lines and wavy strokes around the figures suggest a composition in progress.

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Date
1863
Medium
Print
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Wikimedia Commons
License
Public domain