The chariots of Apollo

XVI century. Wash, Grey-brown ink, Pencil, Pencil ground on brown paper.
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The drawing´s style points more in the direction of Giovanni Battista Castello than Cambiaso. Typically, Castello´s line-work is more consistent in thickness, with fewer and less powerfully emphasized accents. The almost humorous expressions of the protagonists have the same playful glint to the eye as is so often encountered in Castello´s graphic work. Originally, the sheet must have extended further left to show the steed conveying Aurora´s vehicle.

Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci. A century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Chicago, Art Services International, 2008, p.290

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Inventory number: D001847
Author: Attributed to Il Bergamasco
Title: The chariots of Apollo
Date: XVI century
Technique: Wash; Grey-brown ink; Pencil; Pencil ground
Support: Brown paper
Dimension: Height: 200 mm; Width: 346 mm
Provenance: Bequest of Pedro Fernández Durán y Bernaldo de Quirós, 1931
Entry date: 1931

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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. 290.

Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci. A century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Art Services International, Chicago, 2008, pp. 290.