Although formerly placed as anonymous, this is a typical sheet of studies by Perino and compares well in style with the two drawings by him included in the exhibition. Unfortunately, the sheet is laid [+]
According to Elena Parma (Mantua, 2001, p. 296), the figure studies on the recto were perhaps made in relation to the planning of a masque, or a similar theatrical production. According to her interpr [+]
In a note on the mount, Michael Hirst observed that this is Perino del Vaga´s copy after one of the figure groups in Polidoro da Caravaggio´s now destroyed fresco, painted on the facade of [+]