Audio Highlights

Carlo Maratta
Italian, 1625-1713
Head of Saint Sebastian
1685-90
Black chalk with white heightening on paper
14 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches
Collection of Robert Loper 

Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio
Italian, 1466/1467-1516
Head of a Woman
1477-1516
Silverpoint on paper
5 7/8 x 4 7/8 inches
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts 

Benedetto Luti
Italian, 1666-1724
A Bearded Apostle Reading
1712
Pastel and chalk on paper
16 1/8 x 13 inches
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts

Francesco Fontebasso
Italian, 1707-1769
Standing Male Nude
c. 1735-40
Pen and brown ink on paper
14 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches
Collection of Robert Loper 

Antonio del Pollaiuolo
Italian, 1431/1432-1498
Battle of the Nude Men
c. 1470
Engraving
15 3/4 x 22 7/8 inches
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts 

Francesco Fontebasso
Italian, 1707-1769
The Martyrdom of Saint Alexander of Bergamo
c. 1730-35
Pen and brown ink with brown wash and white heightening on paper
15 5/8 x 16 3/8 inches
Collection of Robert Loper 

Luca Giordano
Italian, 1634-1705
The Death of Saint Joseph
1677
Red chalk on pink paper
25 1/2 x 18 3/8 inches
Collection of Robert Loper 

Jacopo Palma il Giovane
Italian, c. 1548-1628
Saint Onophrius in the Wilderness
c. 1610-20
Pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on paper
8 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts 

Pietro Marchesini
Italian, 1692-1757
The Vision of Saint Margaret of Cortona
1728
Red chalk on paper
19 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches
Collection of Robert Loper 

Luca Giordano
Italian, 1634-1705
Rinaldo and Armida
c. 1670
Red chalk on pink paper
12 7/8 x 17 1/2 inches
Collection of Robert Loper 

Andrea del Sarto
Italian, 1486-1530
Study of Drapery
1510-13
Black chalk on paper
10 1/4 x 13 3/8 inches
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts

Luca Cattapane
Italian, active 1585-1597
The Adoration of the Shepherds
c. 1590
Pen and brown ink with brown wash and white heightening on paper
15 x 12 1/4 inches
Collection of Robert Loper 

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Italian, 1696-1770
The Flight into Egypt
c. 1750-60
Pen and brush with brown ink and brown wash over red chalk on paper
9 5/8 x 8 inches
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts 

Paolo Pagani
Italian, c. 1661-1716
The Resurrection
c. 1700
Pen and brown ink with brown wash over red chalk on paper
12 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches
Collection of Robert Loper

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus
Flemish, active in Italy, 1523-1605
The Ascension
1590
Pen and brown ink with brown wash and white heightening on paper
12 x 9 inches
Collection of Robert Loper

Luca Cambiaso
Italian, 1527-1585
The Annunciation
c. 1568
Pen and brown ink with brown and gray washes on paper
11 1/2 x 8 inches
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Gift of Robert and Lillian Fraker in memory of John and Alice Steiner

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Italian, 1609-1664
The Crucifixion
c. 1651
Oil on paper, 16 x 11 inches
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute

Giovanni Battista Crosato
Italian, 1686-1758
Adonis in the Realm of Flora
c. 1740
Pen and brown ink with blue wash on paper squared in black chalk
9 1/2 x 18 inches
Collection of Robert Loper

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