Study for the Head of St. Michael
Practical reuse

Use this artwork.

Verified CC0

This record carries an explicit open-use marker in the source metadata. Download the publication copy or follow the museum record for its master image.

Download publication WebP Open museum master ↗
Rights signal
CC0
Publication file
793 × 893 px · WebP
Suggested credit
Study for the Head of St. Michael by Pietro da Cortona (Italian, 1596–1669) (1633). Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund Rights: CC0. https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.257

Vault de Lupin makes the source signal legible; it does not provide legal advice or replace the institution’s current rights statement.

From the museum record

Pietro da Cortona drew this angelically beautiful face in a style reminiscent of the work of Renaissance master Raphael (1483–1520). Cortona's use of black chalk to develop extremely subtle effects of shading shows the technique at its most refined. He drew this sheet in preparation for a ceiling decoration, Saint Michael and Angels with the Instruments of the Passion , painted in fresco in the church of Santa Maria in Vallicella (better known as the Chiesa Nuova, or "New Church") in Rome, completed in 1633.

Lupin’s visual index

a detailed pencil sketch depicts a serene female head with flowing curls and a contemplative expression.

Machine-assisted description · useful for discovery, not scholarship.
Continue looking

Nearby in the vault.

Study for the Head of St. Michael

Study for the Head of St. Michael · Pietro da Cortona (Italian, 1596–1669)
Your private shortlist

Saved works 0

Stored only in this browser. No account, tracking, or upload.

No works saved yet.

Use “Save work” on any catalogue card or artwork record to build a working collection.