The Triumph of Christ

attributed to Bartolomeo Roverio

Associated Names
Bartolomeo Roverio

Artist, Italian, c. 1577 - c. 1626

This is a drawing of numerous figures and symbolic creatures. The central figure is seated in a chariot, surrounded by a halo. Other figures are depicted holding palm branches or staffs. Above, a dove with rays of light shines downward. Below the chariot, a lion and an ox are depicted. The drawing is detailed with fine lines and shading, capturing movement and congregation among the figures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash and touches of black chalk, heightened with white, on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall (approximate): 38.5 x 51.8 cm (15 3/16 x 20 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1971.25.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Unidentified collector (M or W in blue in circle, Lugt undescribed)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1988

  • Italian Renaissance Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1988, no cat.

Bibliography

1974

  • Recent Acquisitions and Promised Gifts: Sculptures, Drawings, Prints. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1974: 202 (as Attributed to G.B. della Rovere).

2024

  • Bober, Jonathan. "Seventeenth-century Milanese drawings in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and some associated collections."Arte Lombarda 200-201, no. 1-2 (2024): 81, fig. 14.

Inscriptions

in later hand, lower left in graphite and brown ink: Pordonone Anton.o Licinio da Pordonone

Wikidata ID

Q64572323

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