Standing Saint in Portico
Medium
Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk and graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
14.4 × 10.5 cm (5 11/16 × 4 3/16 in.)
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
207801
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Orazio Samacchini · 1532–1577
**Orazio Samacchini** (also spelled Sammachini; 20 December 1532 – 12 June 1577) was an Italian painter of the late Renaissance and Mannerist style, born and died in Bologna. He worked primarily in his native city but also received important commissions in Rome and Parma. Samacchini trained under Pellegrino Tibaldi, though some early sources also link him to Ercole Procaccini. His early work show...