Allegorical Figure of Faith

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Artist: Marcantonio Franceschini (Italian, Bologna 1648–1729 Bologna)
Date: 1648–1729
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, highlighted with white, on brown washed paper
Dimensions: 15 11/16 x 11 3/4in. (39.8 x 29.8cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971
Accession no.: 1975.131.26

Study of a Young Woman Playing a Tambourine, and Studies of an Arm, Hands, and Feet (Studies for "Miriam Leading the Chorus of Women Who Give Thanks for the Routing of Pharoah"
Marcantonio Franceschini
c. 1711 · Drawing
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00011688
The Last Communion of Saint Mary of Egypt
Marcantonio Franceschini
1680 · Painting
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00015963
Saint Luke Holding a Painting of the Virgin and Child
Marcantonio Franceschini
1648–1729 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00019914
Cartoon Fragment for Adolescent Angel Leaning on a Tablet or Closed Book
Marcantonio Franceschini
ca. 1690–95 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00019915

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.