ATTRIBUTED TO DOMENICO DEL RICCIO, CALLED IL BRUSASORCI | The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

Laid down. The white heightening has oxidised in some places. There are a number of small losses and holes throughout the sheet, more concentrated in the lower section of the sheet. There are small dark brown stains scattered throughout the sheet. Despite the condition issues mentioned above the image is still strong and pen and ink and wash is still vibrant. Sold in a carved wooden frame, possibly 19th Century.
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The sculptural rendering of the figures in this very finished study, and also the abundant use of white heightening, is typical of a number of artists working in Verona in the second half of the sixteenth century.  Stylistically, the drawing can be compared with a preparatory study by Domenico Brusasorci, now at Chatsworth, for his altarpiece, The Madonna and Child in Glory with Sts. Sebastian, Monica, Roch and Augustine, in the church of St. Eufemia in Verona.¹  Domenico's style was particularly influential on the work of his son Felice Brusasorci (Verona 1539/40-1605), who worked mostly in and around Verona.  ^1. See M. Jaffé, The Devonshire Collection of Italian Drawings, Venetian and North Italian Schools, London 1994, p. 47, no. 745, reproduced p. 46