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Madonna and Child, a Warrior Saint (Michael?), and a Group of Worshippers

A work made of brush with brown and black ink and brown wash, black chalk, heightened with white, on multiple sheets of pieced, blue laid paper (now discolored)..
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  • A work made of brush with brown and black ink and brown wash, black chalk, heightened with white, on multiple sheets of pieced, blue laid paper (now discolored)..

Date:

1565/70

Artist:

Bernardino Lanino
Italian, c. 1509-after 1581

About this artwork

This large-scale cartoon, a full-size preparatory model for an unidentified altarpiece, is made up of six sheets of paper pasted together. The group of young women on the right indicates that the final painting was probably intended for a female religious community. One figure was later transformed into a male through the addition of a beard.

Trained in northern Italy, Bernardino Lanino was exposed to the work of Leonardo and absorbed his signature effects of chiaroscuro, strong contrasts of light and dark, and sfumato, softened outlines and hazy forms.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Bernardino Lanino

Title

Madonna and Child, a Warrior Saint (Michael?), and a Group of Worshippers

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality)

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Made 1565–1570

Medium

Brush with brown and black ink and brown wash, black chalk, heightened with white, on multiple sheets of pieced, blue laid paper (now discolored).

Dimensions

91 × 71 cm (35 7/8 × 28 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray

Reference Number

2019.853

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