The Madonna and Child with Saint John and Another Saint
1580s
16th century
17.78 cm x 13.97 cm (7 in. x 5 1/2 in.)
Bernardo Castello
(Albaro [Genoa], 1557 - 1629, Genoa)
Primary
Object Type:
drawing
Artist Nationality:
Europe, Italian
Medium and Support:
Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash
Credit Line:
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Suida-Manning Collection, 2017
Accession Number:
2017.1012
Castello was trained by one of Luca Cambiaso's few competitors, Andrea Semino, but then influenced by Cambiaso during the first part of his career. The spare description and sweeping strokes identify this as an early drawing.