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Seated Virgin and Child with Bishop Saint and Monastic Saint, and Saint John the Baptist

Bernardino Campi

n.d.

Seated Virgin and Child with Bishop Saint and Monastic Saint, and Saint John the Baptist by Bernardino Campi

Medium

Pen and black ink and brush and brown wash, heightened with touches of lead white, on tan laid paper

Dimensions

19.8 × 13.7 cm (7 13/16 × 5 7/16 in.)

Classification

ink with wash

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

147689

Art Historical Context

In the Prints and Drawings collection of the Art Institute of Chicago a delicate preparatory drawing by Bernardino Campi, a 16th-century Italian artist from Cremona known for his religious works blending Renaissance grace with emerging Mannerist elegance. Titled *Seated Virgin and Child Bishop Saint and Monastic, and Saint John the Baptist*, this undated sheet (19.8 × 13.7 cm) captures a tender devotional scene: the Virgin Mary seated with the Christ Child, flanked by a bishop saint, a monastic figure, and the young Saint John the Baptist—iconic motifs from Catholic tradition emphasizing mater...

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