Standing Putto Seen from the Front: Study for the Virgin in Glory with Saints Petronius, Dominic, and Peter Martyr
1570/75
Medium
Pen and brown ink on tan laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
20.6 × 7.7 cm (8 1/8 × 3 1/16 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
82357
Art Historical Context
In the late Renaissance hub of Bologna, artist Bartolomeo Passar (1529–1592) created this delicate pen and brown ink drawing around 1570–75. Titled *Standing Putto Seen from Front: Study for the in Glory with Saints Petius, Dominic, and Martyr*, it depicts a chubby, winged infant angel—known as a putto—poised frontally in a preparatory sketch for a grander altarpiece or fresco. Passarotti, a key figure in the Bolognese school, drew inspiration from Correggio's soft modeling and Parmigianino's elegant Mannerism, bridging late Renaissance grace with emerging Baroque dynamism. Measuring just 20....
About the Artist
Bartolomeo Passarotti · 1529–1592
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