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A STUDY FOR CHRIST AND THE GROUP ON THE LOWER LEFT OF THE RESURRECTION IN THE CAPELLA MEDICI IN SANTA CROCE, FLORENCE, DATABLE TO 1572-3. OTHER FINISHED DRAWINGS FOR THE COMPOSITION ARE IN THE UFFIZI (FIG. 1, S. LECCHINI GIOVANNONI AND S. COLLARETA, DISEGNI DI SANTI DI TITO, EXHIB. CAT., FLORENCE, 1985, NO. 9, FIG. 10), THE CHICAGO ART INSTITUTE (S. FOLDS MCCULLAGH AND L. GILES, ITALIAN DRAWINGS BEFORE 1600 IN THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, CHICAGO, 1997, NO. 288) AND AT THE FARNESINA, ROME, S. PROSPERI VALENTI RODINò, THE GOLDEN AGE OF FLORENTINE DRAWING, EXHIB. CAT., FORT WORTH, KIMBELL ART MUSEUM AND ELSEWHERE, 1994, NO. 28).