Artist: Giovanni Guerra
Artwork: Beheading of Sixtus
Description: This is a preparatory drawing for an altarpiece in the church of San Domenico in Urbino. It depicts the beheading of Pope Sixtus II, who was martyred in 258 AD. The drawing is in pen and brown ink with brown wash, over black chalk, heightened with white, on light brown paper.
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