AT-00006145
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Saint Charles Borromeo Supervising the Opening of a Crypt
Provenance
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.
Publications
Rhoda Eitel-Porter, Der Zeichner und Maler Cesare Nebbia 1536–1614 (Munich, 2009), pp. 150, 188, 313, pl. 192.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Cesare Nebbia / Italian, 1536–1614
- Date
- c. 1604
- 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.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- pen and ink drawings
- Place
- Italy
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Gift of John A. Bross in memory of Louise Smith Bross
- Accession no.
- 2014.1145
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Open-access museum record · AT-00006145
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