Lot Essay
The drawing depicts the dream of Pope Innocent III in 1210 in which he saw Saint Francis supporting the Lateran church from falling down. Afterwards the Pope granted Saint Francis permission to preach.
Saint Francis holding up the Lateran Church
Details
Italian School, 16th Century
Saint Francis holding up the Lateran Church
numbered from 1 to 24 over the heads of each figure and inscribed with the name of the figures in the lower part of the drawing (recto and verso)
black and red chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash, squared in black chalk on two attached sheets of paper
262 x 187 mm.
Saint Francis holding up the Lateran Church
numbered from 1 to 24 over the heads of each figure and inscribed with the name of the figures in the lower part of the drawing (recto and verso)
black and red chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash, squared in black chalk on two attached sheets of paper
262 x 187 mm.