Four Evangelists
Medium
Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, over red chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
23 × 18.7 cm (9 1/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
Classification
ink and wash
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
12121
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Domenico Beccafumi, called Il Mecarino · 1484–1551
**Domenico di Pace Beccafumi**, known as Il Mecarino (1484/1486–1551), was an Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter and one of the last great representatives of the Sienese school. Born near Siena as the son of a peasant, he was adopted by his father’s employer, Lorenzo Beccafumi, who recognized his talent and arranged for him to study under the local artist Mechero (or Mecarino), from whom he der...