98 - Francesco Coghetti Recto: Study of Saint Peter - Verso: Study of a Female Portrait Recto: Study of Saint Peter - Verso: Study of a Female Portrait c. 1847. Black chalk with white chalk elevations on light brown paper, 350 x 240 mm

Francesco Coghetti Recto: Study of Saint Peter - Verso: Study of a Female Portrait Recto: Study of Saint Peter - Verso: Study of a Female Portrait c. 1847. Black chalk with white chalk elevations on light brown paper, 350 x 240 mm The recto of the drawing presents an initial study for the figure of Saint Peter. The roughly sketched silhouette is found in the foreground of the monumental altarpiece depicting the Assumption of the Virgin, executed in 1847 for the Cathedral of Porto Maurizio. Signed lower right "F.sco Coghetti fece". Reference bibliography: F. Mazzocca, Francesco Coghetti in "I Pittori bergamaschi dell'Ottocento. Il primo Romanticismo L'Accademia", Bergamo 1992, p. 128