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Cleveland Museum of Art693409landscapeMassimo Stanzione (Italian, 1585–1656)c. 1620sCC0cma sacred-art mythology design-assets ink-paper-impressions sacred art design assets ink paper impressions angels drawing sketch etching pen and ink classical allegory divine heaven clouds light serene renaissance italian ornate detailed figure drawing the seven archangels rectoMassimo Stanzione (Italian, 1585–1656) c. 1620s Italy Pen and brown ink, brown wash, traces of black chalk (recto) Drawing European ReligiousSacred & Devotional Myth & Metamorphosis The Maker’s Cabinet Ink, Paper & Impressions
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The Seven Archangels (recto) by Massimo Stanzione (Italian, 1585–1656) (c. 1620s). Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund Rights: CC0. https://clevelandart.org/art/2025.132.a
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Massimo Stanzione worked in the Spanish-held Kingdom of Naples, where, during the 17th century, painting was characterized by dramatic expression, emphatic naturalism, and intense chiaroscuro derived from the profound influence of Caravaggio (1571-1610). Stanzione, however, was known in the city as one of the main purveyors of a more classical style, a kind of antithesis to the passion and drama of such Neapolitan painters as Jusepe de Ribera. This drawing relates directly to a painting Stanzione made depicting the seven archangels at the Monasterio de la Descalzas Reales in Madrid. The iconography of the seven archangels was a regional focus of devotion in the Neapolitan kingdom, and in Spain, where the cult of the “Seven Angelic Princes” had been promoted by the 16th-century Sicilian friar, Antonio Del Duca (1491-1564).
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A monochromatic drawing depicts six winged figures ascending through swirling clouds, suggesting a divine or allegorical narrative.
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