In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Since frescoes in 15th-century Italy often presented complex narratives, details of storytelling had to be carefully worked out before beginning to paint on wet plaster. Here Fra (Father) Filippo Lippi made a preliminary plan for a composition depicting the funeral of Saint Stephen, part of his fresco cycle on the lives of Saints Stephen and John the Baptist in the cathedral of Prato. His use of the free-flowing but permanent medium of ink allows us to see today the areas where he changed his mind—such as the placement of Stephen’s head and the figure at the altar.
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Fra Bartolomeo (Bartolomeo di Paolo del Fattorino) — The Ado
Daniele Crespi — Raymond Diocrès Speaking During His Funeral
Filippo Bellini (Italian, c. 1550–1603) — The Verification o
Luca Giordano|Francesco Palmieri — Christ kneels and writes 
Giovanni Balducci ("Il Cosci") — The Visitation of the Virgi
Bernardino Poccetti — Figure Studies: Woman holding a Shiel
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778) — Sacrificia
Giacomo Guardi — The Courtyard of the Doges' Palace
Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century — Figures 
Hubert Robert — Figures in a Roman Arcade
Laurent Pécheux — St. Peter Baptizing Cornelius (Acts 10: 44
Polidoro da Caravaggio — Studies for an Altarpiece with the 
