Saint Charles Borromeo Supervising the Opening of a Crypt

Prints and Drawings

c. 1604

Cesare Nebbia
Italian, 1536–1614

Federico Zuccaro painted another of the Collegio Borromeo frescos. His inscription on this drawing indicates his ownership of the work, which he presumably acquired from Nebbia directly. Its subject matter relates to Borromeo’s miraculous discovery of a group of holy relics in a crypt. In each of the three Bross drawings relating to the frescos, the saint is identifiable by his characteristically large nose.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Cesare Nebbia
Title: Saint Charles Borromeo Supervising the Opening of a Crypt
Place: Italy (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1600–1609
Medium: Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on cream laid paper
Dimensions: 16.2 × 21.3 cm (6 7/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of John A. Bross in memory of Louise Smith Bross
Reference Number: 2014.1145
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Rhoda Eitel-Porter, Der Zeichner und Maler Cesare Nebbia 1536–1614 (Munich, 2009), pp. 150, 188, 313, pl. 192.

Federico Zuccaro [his inscription]. Sold, Christie’s, London, July 2, 1991, lot 248. Sold by Richard A. Berman, New York, to John A. Bross, Jan. 2002; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2014.

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