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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Founding of a Church (Episode from Life of S. Gaudenzio, Bishop of Novara ?)

Bernardino Lanino
ca. 1512-1583

Founding of a Church (Episode from Life of S. Gaudenzio, Bishop of Novara ?)

20 7/8 x 13 1/4 inches (530 x 336 mm)
Brown wash, with white opaque watercolor, over black chalk, on varigated blue paper; figural part of composition prepared for squaring with black chalk and pricked with holes placed a) horizontally, about one-third from top, b) along lower part of right and left edges, and c) along lower edge of composition.
1993.412

Gift of Janos Scholz.

Notes
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Formerly attributed to Gaudenzio Ferrari, Valduggia near Vercelli 1475-80-1546 Milan.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed with a mathematical computation at upper right in pen and brown ink.
Associated names
Ferrari, Gaudenzio, approximately 1470-1546, Formerly attributed to.
Savoy, Dukes of, former owner.
Abrate, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department