Saint Cecilia in Glory / Hand Study
1754. Red chalk on laid paper.Not on display
Saint Cecilia half-kneels on clouds, with the palm branch in her right hand and with her left hand outstretched. She is accompanied by child angels carrying a cartouche with the inscription ‘S. Cecilia’. An organ and young musician angels are in glory. There is a landscape background. The composition reflects the style and types of its master, Conrrado Giaquinto. It was drawn in Madrid but had recently arrived from Rome.
Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso Emilio, Museo del Prado Catálogo de Dibujos T. III. Dibujos Españoles, Siglo XVIII C-Z, Madrid, Museo del Prado, 1977, p.24
