This drawing is a more complete variant on the central part of a drawing by Creti at the Albertina in Vienna. The composition is quite similar to a canvas with Adoration of the Shepherds from around 1 [+]
This drawing is linked to his Male nude and cherub, painted as part of a series of over-door paintings commissioned by his leading patron Marcantonio Collina Sbaraglia, who gave them to the Municipali [+]