The coronation of the Virgin with a young saint [?] kneeling in front of an altar below

In the upper half of this drawing can be seen the coronation of the Virgin Mary, a popular subject for Christian art, including in Italy between the 13th and 16th centuries. The Virgin is crowned by God on the right and Christ on the left, with the dove of the Holy Spirit above her head. Below this scene is a figure, possibly a saint, kneeling before an altarpiece depicting the Crucifixion. The drawing has an uncertain provenance prior to Roscoe's ownership. A collector's mark, three fleur-de-lys (L2781), appears in the lower right corner. Fondation Custodia lists L2781 as an unidentified mark that appears in antique drawings and prints, but probably of French origin from the 18th century. Some attribute the mark to a duke of Orleans. There is also what appears to be another collector's mark, possibly 'Pseudo-Crozat' (L474), but smudged, in the lower left corner. The artist is unidentified. Nicholas Turner suggested that it has 'echoes of Beccafumi'. Domenico di Pace Beccafumi (1486 - 1551) was a Renaissance-Mannerist painter, who worked predominantly in Siena.