Beheading of Saint Paul
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
name: label: Designer
content: Domenico Mondo, Italian, 1723 - 1806
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Several figures standing on an uneven surface, possibly a stairway, including an executioner at left wearing military garb with his hand on his hip. A hermit is addressing him, from the right. Additional sketchy figures (possibly angels) in the upper half of the composition above. The drawing is squared with black chalk for enlargement.
place: label: made in
content: Naples, Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-6524
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black chalk, brush and gray, white wash on gray-blue paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: 39.5 × 27.7 cm (15 9/16 × 10 7/8 in.)