Two Standing Saints

Also known as: Two Apostles

Inscriptions

VERSO, center, in graphite: 183. Baccio Bandinelli 1487 - 1559. / ex. coll. Richardson, Ottley, Lawrence. / (M. Ottley attribua ce dessin à donatello d ' en / fitgraver un facsimile sur Vivarès sous / ce nom. ; lower center, in graphite: 271

Exhibition history

The Year in Review for 1983. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-April 8, 1984). Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 1986-March 1, 1987).

Quick Overview

Artist: Giovanni Bandini (Italian, c. 1540–1599)
Date: 1563–1572?
Medium: pen and brown ink with traces of black chalk (abraded in haloes); traces of framing lines in black ink and gold paint
Dimensions: Sheet: 40.8 x 26.8 cm (16 1/16 x 10 9/16 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawing
Department: Drawings
Credit line: Edwin R. and Harriet Pelton Perkins Memorial Fund
Accession no.: 1983.91

Provenance

Sir Thomas Lawrence (Lugt 2445, lower left, blind stamped) J. Richardson Sen.r (Lugt 2184, lower right, in black ink) Sir J. C. Robinson (Lugt 1433, inscribed, lower right, in brown ink)

Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.