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Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist
Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist

Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist

Primary (San Matteo della Decima, Italy, 1734–Ravenna, Italy, 1802)
NationalityItalian, Europe
Date1756
MediumPen and iron gall ink with brush and brown wash over red chalk, on cream antique laid paper
DimensionsSheet: 7 3/4 × 5 11/16 in. (19.7 × 14.5 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Suida-Manning Collection, 2017.1136
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2017.1136
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Label Text
The pen drawings of Ubaldo Gandolfi combine the dramatic and animated light of contemporary Venetian drawings, like those of Tiepolo, with a more stylized description of forms and a more ornamental line that affirm the Bolognese tradition descending from Parmigianino.