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

black and white chalk, with pen and brown ink, on greyish-blue paper, h 345mm × w 190mm More details

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.