1612
chalk
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Death of the Blessed Buonagiunta Manetti is a 1612 chalk by Bernardino Poccetti, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a crowded scene with people gathered around a dying man on the ground. Some stand nearby, others kneel, and a few hold candles or crosses. Angels float above, watching from the sky. The background has tall columns and a faint cityscape. The title at the bottom says it’s about a man named Buonagiunta Manetti. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to fill the space with lots of figures. Next, check out the technique: cross-hatching to see how artists build shadows with layered lines.
Bernardino Poccetti (26 August 1548 – 10 October 1612), also known as Barbatelli, was an Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker of etchings.
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