A General before a Pope and an Image of the Virgin in Glory
XVIII century. Grey-brown wash, Pencil, Pencil ground on yellow laid paper.Not on display
A pontiff stands in the foreground. He wears a tiara and raises his right hand in admonition to a warrior who is respectfully addressing him. The background depicts an architectural setting and warriors. Above, angels hold up a painting of the Virgin and Child.
This drawing of a certain quality is superior to the majority of Felipe de Castro’s drawings published to date, yet certain conventions that appear in it serve to attribute it to him.
Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso E., Museo del Prado, Catálogo de Dibujos, III. Dibujos Españoles. Siglo XVIII. C-Z, Madrid, 1977, p.30
