Design for an Altar

1550s

Giovanni Battista Castello

Artist, Italian, 1509 - 1569

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk with brown wash on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ann and Matthew Nimetz

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 41.2 × 26.2 cm (16 1/4 × 10 5/16 in.) (irregular)
    mount: 48.2 × 33.3 cm (19 × 13 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2020.80.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Zaccaria Sagredo [1653-1729], Venice, (L. 2103a). (sale, Christie's, London, 28 January 2020, no. 14); Matthew and Ann Nimetz, New York; gift to NGA, 2020.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower center in brown ink: S.F. No. 72' (for 'Scuola Fiorentina')]; lower right in brown ink: dal Salone(?); by later hand, center verso in brown ink: 15 a(?)

Watermarks

double-tailed mermaid

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