Saint Charles Borromeo Supervising the Opening of a Crypt
c. 1604
Medium
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on cream laid paper
Dimensions
16.2 × 21.3 cm (6 7/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
223805
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Federico Zuccaro painted another of the Collegio Borromeo frescos. His inscription on this drawing indicates his ownership of the work, which he presumably acquired from Nebbia directly. Its subject matter relates to Borromeo’s miraculous discovery of a group of holy relics in a crypt. In each of the three Bross drawings relating to the frescos, the saint is identifiable by his characteristically large nose.
About the Artist
Cesare Nebbia · 1536–1614
Italian painter. Comment on works: Religious; Portraits