This is a drawing of two draped, reclining figures in an outdoor setting with a rocky or architectural structure. Above them is a winged figure. The landscape includes trees and a textured sky. The composition features detailed etching.
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The Bodies of Saints Peter and Paul

Claude Vignon (French, 1593 - 1670)

1620

Medium
etching on laid paper
Classification
Print
Dimensions
plate: 19.7 × 14.6 cm (7 3/4 × 5 3/4 in.) ; sheet: 19.8 × 15 cm (7 13/16 × 5 7/8 in.)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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