Formerly classified as anonymous Italian. The style brings to mind some aspects of Bellini´s pen-and-wash drawings, especially the large, almost grotesque hands with stubby fingers-with only three on [+]
In spite of the optimism about the drawing´s authorship expressed by one of its earlier owners, this is surely a copy after a sixteenth-century Venetian composition, which I have not yet identified. T [+]
This drawing depicts the story of the nymphs Florilla and Melissa, twin daughters of Heaven and the Earth, lovers of music (Florilla) and flowers (Melissa), the honeymaker. The young nymphs were respe [+]
This impressive study is a rare example of Aurelio Luini´s finished drawings in pen. The artist is better known for his more rapid pen studies, a feature of which is a rather ragged, disorderly [+]
Dibujo en el que se representa en el centro, arrodillado, el Santo rodeado de los sayones que le arrojan piedras. Mientras que en la parte superior es representada la Trinidad (Texto extractado de Men [+]
By far the most prestigious commission of Trometta´s entire career was the fresco decoration of the ceiling of the choir of the church of S. Maria in Aracoeli, Rome. On 30 January 1565 he contracted t [+]
This drawing is after the one of the scenes painted by Polidoro between the windows of second floor of the Palazzo Milesi, Rome. [+]
The traditional attribution to Castello, which appears in an old inscription on the reverse of the mount, needs to be taken seriously. Not only is the pen work reminiscent of Castello´s handling of th [+]
Farinati was one of the most prolific draftsmen active in Verona in the second half of the sixteenth century. His pictorial approach to drawing -many of his studies are carried out largely with the br [+]
Traditionally attributed to Nicolò dell´Abate (c. 1512-1571). In the elegantly classical arrangement of the composition, the drawing shows knowledge of the work of Giuseppe Porta, called Salvia [+]
The old attribution CORREGIO, in which both Brun (?) and Fernández Durán may have believed, is not correct. The drawing displays some stylistic traits associable with Bernardino India, t [+]
Although the line work of the drawing has the appearance of being sixteenth century, it is indeed hard to see lay-lines in the paper. since there are no old inscriptions on the drawing itself, nor any [+]
This is an entirely characteristic work of Giovanni de´ Vecchi. The two imprese, in the panel´s lower center, which might otherwise provide evidence as to the church decoration here designed, are alas [+]
La composición terminada en un arco mixtilíneo y ligeramente vista de abajo arriba. En el centro, la Virgen sentada, a su derecha el niño Jesús apoyado en la cuna la abraza y se vuelve hacia el espect [+]
When the Virgin Mary was three years old her parents, Anna and Joachim, led her to the Temple of Jerusalem. There the young Virgin, without the assistance of her parents, climbed the staircase leading [+]
In spite of the traditional attribution to Lorenzo Sabbatini (ca. 1530-1576), this drawing appears to be by Villena as other drawings, though it lacks and old inscription giving it to Villamena. [+]
Florian Harb (2004), was the first to make the convincing suggestion, on stylistic grounds, that this drawing could be by Poccetti. [+]
Perhaps by a Spanish follower of Federico Zuccari who was accomplished at representing hunting scenes. [+]