The Multiplication of Loaves and Fishes, c. 1750, Gregorio Guglielmi, Italian, (Roman), 1714 - 1773, 15 13/16 x 22 15/16 in. (40.16 x 58.26 cm) (sheet)29 11/16 x 23 11/16 x 1 1/8 in. (75.41 x 60.17 x 2.86 cm) (outer frame), Brush and gray wash over black chalk on laid cream paper, Italy, 18th century, This large, highly finished sheet was probably the definitive design for the fresco Gregorio Guglielmi executed in the refectory of the convent of Sant'Agostino in Rome because there are very few differences between this drawing and the final painting. The most obvious change is the addition around the fresco of a border of frolicking putti, who hold back feigned drapery to reveal the scene. The addition of a wide strip of paper on the right side of the sheet indicates that Guglielmi was still working out the composition when he began the drawing and did not allow himself a large enough piece of paper. Initially, Christ was at the very center of the composition, but at some later stage Guglielmi decided to include another figural group in the right foreground for balance, requiring him to extend the sheet and shift Christ slightly to the left.