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Drawing, Two Designs for Altar Cross Bases; verso, Designs for Five Projects
This is a Drawing. It was attributed to Pierino da Vinci and Luzio Romano. It is dated 1530–40 and we acquired it in 1942. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk on heavy cream laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
Its dimensions are
32.9 x 22.1 cm (12 15/16 x 8 11/16 in. )
It has the following markings
Watermark: anchor in circle, six-pointed star on top, similar to Briquet 478 (Bergamo, 1502) to Briquet 511(Udine, 1535)
It is inscribed
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower center: Pierino. On verso, in pen and brown ink, lower center: Pierino; in pen and black ink,lower left corner: A.M. Also on verso (by the same hand, according to R. Berliner, but hidden by hinge), in pen and brown ink: 29
Cite this object as
Drawing, Two Designs for Altar Cross Bases; verso, Designs for Five Projects; Attributed to Luzio Romano (Italian, active 1528 – 1575), Pierino da Vinci (1530 – 1553); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk on heavy cream laid paper; 32.9 x 22.1 cm (12 15/16 x 8 11/16 in. ); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane; 1942-36-3
