Drawings certainly related to ‘The Madonna of the Cat (‘La Madonna del Gatto’)’

The group of drawings below includes all the surviving works that Barocci made in preparation for the ‘The Madonna of the Cat (‘La Madonna del Gatto’)’. At different stages of the creative process Barocci produced an exceptional number of working sheets with preparatory drawings for the painting using a variety of different techniques.

By exploring the drawings below you can reconstruct Barocci’s creative process from the initial conception of his idea to the final creation of a formal composition.

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