Roman emperor receiving and emissary

XVI century. Pencil ground, Wash, Pencil, Red chalk, Grey-brown ink on paper.
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The old attribution is to Vasari (1511-1574). The style and figure types however seem wholly typical of the drawings of the Genoese painter and designer of engravings, Bernardo Castello. Similar figure types occur in other drawings by the master, for example The Assault on Jerusalem in the École des Beaux Arts, París (inv. no. 97 [11974)].

Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci. A century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Chicago, Art Services International, 2008, p.288

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Inventory number: D001664
Author: Bernardo Castello
Title: Roman emperor receiving and emissary
Date: XVI century
Technique: Pencil ground; Wash; Pencil; Red chalk; Grey-brown ink
Support: Paper
Dimension: Height: 137 mm; Width: 208 mm
Provenance: Bequest of Pedro Fernández Durán y Bernaldo de Quirós, 1931

Bibliography +

Museo Nacional del Prado, Catálogo de dibujos. Dibujos italianos del siglo XVI (por Nicholas Turner, con la colaboración de José Manuel Matilla), V, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2004, pp. 288.

Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci. A century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Art Services International, Chicago, 2008, pp. 288.

Other inventories +

Inv. Legado Pedro Fernández Durán, 1931. Núm. 2055.

Update date: 02-06-2026 | Registry created on 28-04-2015

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