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Leslie, I am not qualified to critique your drawing, but I can tell you about this sculpture.
It is one of my favorites.
It is in the Church of St. Peter in Chains, originally called Basilica Eudoxiana, Rome.
Now I am not making a statement about any religion, but the way this sculpture was treated when I had the pleasure of seeing it in Rome way back when.
You entered the Church, which was very large, and it seemed way down on the right tucked away by a Pope's tomb is this lovely sculpture which is part of a bigger facade. But what really blew me away was under (or near) the Altar, is a jeweled case with the "chains" of St. Peter. (We had to find relics all over the city as part of our assignments). There was one church that had a splinter from the crib of Jesus, which I get confused with the chains. The real topper was the "footprints" of Jesus at St. Sabastine's Catacombs. Anyway back to the sculpture.
I just remember the lighting was very dim, and there was such a crowd around the case with the chains, and you could have missed this lovely work by Michelangelo.
I want even go into the Etruscan pottery at the Villa Guilia!
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