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Baroque oil sketch of gods and putti among clouds; a helmeted woman with a shield at left, a reclining male nude at right.

Sketch for a Ceiling Fresco

An oil sketch of gods and figures among billowing clouds, with a helmeted woman in blue drapery holding a shield at left and winged putti drifting around. A muscular male nude reclines at right while a seated woman and a figure in red drapery look on from above, in loose, rapid brushwork.

Artist
Giovanni Domenico Ferretti
Date
c. 1740
Medium
Oil on canvas
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2168 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1745).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of the Edward and Inge Maser Collection in honor of Eloise W. Martin

Español: Boceto para un fresco de techo: dioses entre nubes

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