Ceiling with Allegorical Figures and the Arms of Pope Sixtus V (Guerra's outer drawing); Saint Joseph and the Christ Child (Viani's central drawing), Giovanni Guerra

Date: outer drawing c. 1587; central drawing after 1690; attachments c. 1700-1725. Dimensions: center section (octagon): 23.3 x 16.2 cm (9 3/16 x 6 3/8 in.); Overall (ceiling design): 51.1 x 41.8 cm (20 1/8 x 16 7/16 in.); ; mount: 53.3 x 44 cm (21 x 17 5/16 in.). Medium: black chalk, drawing, gold, graphite, laid paper, pen and brown ink with brown wash. Collection: National Gallery of Art. Giovanni Guerra and Domenico Maria Viani, Ceiling with Allegorical Figures and the Arms of Pope Sixtus V, outer drawing c. 1587; central drawing after 1690; attachments c. 1700-1725, NGA 83614