BALDASSARRE FRANCESCHINI called IL VOLTERRANO (Volterra 1611 - Florence 1689) STUDY OF A DRAPED MALE FIGURE

Red chalk, heightened with white, on beige paper, 440 x 305 mm. On the verso, another study for the same figure.

A preparatory drawing for the standing figure at the top left of the lunette depicting 'Clement VII crowning Charles V', frescoed by Volterrano in the Villa della Petraia, 1636/1638.