Two Women with Trumpets, by Giulio Cesare Procaccini, c. 1586 - c. 1588
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Two Women with Trumpets

Also titled Twee vrouwen met bazuinen aan de mond

Giulio Cesare Procaccini (Bologna, ca. –1625)

c. 1586 - c. 1588

Medium
paper, ink, chalk
Classification
drawing
Dimensions
height 345 mm x width 190 mm
Museum
Rijksmuseum
Credit line
I.Q. van Regteren Altena Bequest, Amsterdam
Rights
Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

View at the Rijksmuseum

About this work

The artist made this drawing in preparation for a ceiling painting in the Lateran Palace in Rome, which some attribute to Mainardi. The fact that the work had to be placed high above the ground can be seen from the perspective in the drawing: the figures are depicted from below. Dressed in classic robes, the women hold up an oval shield. This is the place where Pope Sixtus V’s coat of arms is depicted in the painting.