Madonna and Child with Saint Catherine, a Bishop Saint, and a Donor
Primary
Camillo Boccaccino
(Cremona, Italy, 1504/1505–Cremona, Italy, 1546)
NationalityItalian, Europe
Datecirca 1527-1530
MediumPen and brown ink with brush and brown and gray washes over black chalk
DimensionsSheet: 7 5/16 × 6 5/16 in. (18.5 × 16.1 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Purchase through the generosity of the Still Water Foundation, 1994.8
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Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1994.8
On View
Not on viewBoccaccino was the leading figure of a progressive school of painting at Cremona. An early work, this drawing was a preparatory study for an altarpiece that has not been identified. Its synthetic style incorporates the elegant rhythms and calligraphic line of Parmigianino’s pen drawings.
Exhibitions
Franz Anton Maulbertsch
1765
