An Ecclesiastic (Pope?) Blessing a Book before the Sacred College

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Artist: Cesare Nebbia (Italian, Orvieto ca. 1536–1614 Orvieto)
Date: 1580–90
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk; traces of framing lines in pen and brown ink
Dimensions: sheet: 8 7/16 x 11 5/16 in. (21.5 x 28.7 cm) maximum; original support
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Anonymous Gift, 2006
Accession no.: 2006.393.19

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Standing Figure of a Warrior King
Cesare Nebbia
1536–1614 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020690
Banquet Scene: A Seated Warrior Attended by a Number of Servants (recto); Back View of a Standing Man in a Long Cloak (verso)
Cesare Nebbia
1536–1614 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020691
The Assumption of the Virgin
Cesare Nebbia
1536–1614 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020702
Saint Mathew and the Angel
Cesare Nebbia
1556–1614 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020703

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