Paardenknecht met pijlenkoker aan een bandelier

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pen en penseel in bruin

Art Historical Context

This delicate pen-and-brush drawing by Giulio Romano captures a young horse groom standing in a relaxed yet alert pose, a quiver of arrows slung across his chest on a wide bandolier. Created sometime between 1510 and 1546, the sheet exemplifies the fluid, economical line work that characterized Romano’s draftsmanship. Working in brown ink with subtle washes, he quickly models the figure’s drapery and musculature, revealing the influence of his teacher Raphael while already moving toward the exaggerated grace of Mannerism. Though modest in scale—only 205 by 138 millimeters—the drawing offers a...

About the Artist

Giulio Romano · 1499–1546

Giulio Romano (c. 1499–1546) was the most gifted pupil of Raphael and one of the founding figures of Mannerism, the style that succeeded the High Renaissance in Italy. Born Giulio Pippi in Rome, he entered Raphael's workshop as a boy and proved so talented that by the time of Raphael's death in 1520 he was effectively running the studio and overseeing the completion of major unfinished commissions...