Italian Drawings from the Museum's Collection

March 17 - April 16, 1961

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A red and white chalk drawing of the Holy Family. Mary holds baby Jesus in her lap and points to Joseph working in his carpentry shop. Two putti fly above.

Antonio Gionima

Madonna and Child with Saint Joseph in the Carpenter Shop

Gaspare Galliari

Double-sided sheet: Recto: Stage setting in antique funerary hall; Verso: Stage design for a ruined portico
A pen and ink drawing of Hercules and other figures in a physical. Floating in the sky above and behind him are three female allegories: Victory, Honor, and Fame.

Carlo Maratti

Double-Sided Sheet with Studies of Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides