Fragments choisis dans les Peintures et les Tableaux les plus interessants des Palais et des Eglises d'Italie 1740 - 1791

This sepia drawing, "Fragments choisis dans les Peintures et les Tableaux les plus interessants des Palais et des Eglises d'Italie," is a work by Jean Claude Richard, Abbé de Saint-Non (1727-1791). Created between 1740 and 1791, it features a woman lying on the ground surrounded by three angels. It is a part of a series documenting the artwork found in churches and palaces across Italy. The artist's emphasis on detail and dramatic composition is characteristic of Neoclassicism, a style that sought inspiration in antiquity. The drawing is currently held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY.