Deacon Saint (Stephen or Lawrence); ca. 1640-50; Red and black chalk; sheet: 9 x 6 15/16 in. (22.8 x 17.6 cm); Drawings; Jacopo Confortini (Italian; Florence 1602-1672 Florence); Probably dating to the 1640-50s; this spirited; relatively finished study in red and very dense black chalk depicts the figure of a martyred deacon saint; who is either Saint Stephen or Saint Lawrence