# St. Benedict Gesturing to the Left: Study for the Coronation of the Virgin

- By: Antonio da Correggio (Italian, 1489?-1534)
- Date: 1520/23
- Medium: Red chalk on cream laid paper prepared with pink wash (diluted red chalk wash), laid down on cream laid card
- Classification: Drawing and Watercolor
- Dimensions: 15.5 × 11.9 cm (6 1/8 × 4 11/16 in.)
- Culture: Italy
- Credit line: Gift of Anne Searle Bent
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/145181)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/6bb4d907-0f45-42d1-30b8-07e82f50d32f/full/!1800,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)