Reclining Figure of Saint Holding Cross, Supported by Two Angels (Deat

A loose black chalk drawing shows a reclining saint, reinforced in places with ink, leaning against a rising shape with a cross held across the body. Two angelic figures hover above and behind, one at upper left and one faintly at upper center, their outlines fading into the paper.

Look closer: A faint oval face or head sketched in the upper center, partly hidden behind the angel.

Artist

Pedro Duque Cornejo

Date

ca. 1700–50

Medium

Black chalk, reclining figure reinforced with pen and dark brown ink. On light beige paper

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3010 × 2371 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William B. Jaffe, 1956