Madonna and Child with Saint Catherine, a Bishop Saint, and a Donor
circa 1527-1530
16th century
18.5 cm x 16.1 cm (7 5/16 in. x 6 5/16 in.)
Camillo Boccaccino
(Cremona, Italy, 1504-1505 – 1546, Cremona, Italy)
Primary
Object Type:
drawing
Artist Nationality:
Europe, Italian
Medium and Support:
Pen and brown ink with brush and brown and gray washes over black chalk
Credit Line:
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Purchase through the generosity of the Still Water Foundation, 1994
Accession Number:
1994.8
Object Description:
Boccaccino was the leading figure of a progressive school of painting at Cremona. An early work, this drawing was a preparatory study for an altarpiece that has not been identified. Its synthetic style incorporates the elegant rhythms and calligraphic line of Parmigianino’s pen drawings.