Virgin and Child with Sts. Joseph, Anthony Abbot and a Bishop Saint
XVI century. Wash, Grey-brown ink, Pencil on paper.Not on display
Dono, or Adone, Doni was a prolific and long-lived painter active in Umbria around the middle of the sixteenth century, and many altarpieces and fresco decorations by him survive in the churches of the area; but his work as a draughtsman seems virtually unknown. Brun´s (?) attribution may preserve an older tradition, and for this reason it is here maintained. The style of the drawing, especially the treatment of the central group of the Virgin and Child, as well as the baldacchino above them, brings to mind the later style of Perino del Vaga (1501-1547). Such an influence would seem consistent with the work of a provincial artist working in Umbria in the following of Raphael.
Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci. A century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Chicago, Art Services International, 2008, p.298
