Adoration of the Magi
XVI century. Wash, Pencil, Pencil ground, Grey-brown ink on yellow paper.Not on display
This is a good drawing and is evidently by one of the master´s more talented followers. The suggestion of light and shade is successfully achieved and the rapid handing of the pen and wash is pleasing. Cambiaso treated the nocturnal subject of the Adoration of the Magi on a number of occasions in both paintings and drawings. This drawing shows knowledge of some of these compositions.
Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci. A century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Chicago, Art Services International, 2008, p.231