River God
Giulio Romano
c. 1528
Medium
pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper
Dimensions
Overall (lunette): 17 x 27.5 cm (6 11/16 x 10 13/16 in.) overall: 86.3 cm (34 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Richard King Mellon Charitable Trusts
Accession Number
1973.29.1
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...