Girolamo MACCHIETTI (Florence, 1535 - 1592) A study of arms and A study of hands holding a palm Sanguine and white highlights over red chalk wash, two leaves on one mount Dimensions: 14 x 9.2 and 14.2 x 9.7 cm Unframed A study of arms and A study of hands holding a palm, red chalk and white highlights, by G. Macchietti 5.51 x 3.62 & 5.59 x 3.81 in. Provenance: Nicholas Lanier Collection (1588-1666), his stamp (L.2885) lower right on one of the two leaves; Collection Jonathan Richardson Senior (1667-1745), his stamp (L.2183) on the mounting lower right, with the inscription "Primaticcio"; Collection Francis Abbot (1801-1893), stamped (L.970) lower right; Private collection, Paris The study of the hand holding the palm is preparatory to the right hand of Saint Lawrence in the painting The Glory of Saint Lawrence, painted in 1577, partially destroyed during the Second World War and now conserved at Empoli, Collegiata di S.Andrea (fig. 1). The other arm study seems to be a preparation, with a variation in the drapery, for the figure's right arm in the lower left-hand corner of the painting. Girolamo MACCHIETTI (Florence, 1535 - 1592) The study of the hand holding the palm is preparatory to the right hand of Saint Lawrence in the painting The Glory of Saint Lawrence, painted in 1577, partially destroyed during the Second World War and now conserved in Empoli, Collegiata di S.Andrea (fig. 1). The other arm study seems to be a preparation, with a variation in the drapery, for the figure's right arm in the lower left-hand corner of the painting.