Saint or prophet holding a book

Mid-XVIcentury. Pencil on paper.
Not on display

The drawing was formerly placed as by a follower of Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530).

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Inventory number: D001543
Author: Anonymous
Title: Saint or prophet holding a book
Date: Mid-XVI century
Technique: Pencil
Support: Paper
Dimension: Width: 80 mm; Height: 173 mm
Provenance: Bequest of Pedro Fernández Durán y Bernaldo de Quirós, 1931; I. Brun
Entry date: 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. 428.

Barón, Javier (ed.), El legado de Ramón de Errazu: Fortuny, Madrazo y Rico, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2005, pp. 122.

Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci. A century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Art Services International, Chicago, 2008, pp. 428.

Other inventories +

Inv. Legado Pedro Fernández Durán, 1931. Núm. 1217.

Inscriptions +

A. Sarto
Inscribed in pen and black ink. Front, lower central area

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

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