Study for the Decoration of a Vault
1532–77
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, over black chalk, on blue-green paper
Dimensions
15-3/8 x 10-1/16 in. (39.1 x 25.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1971
Accession Number
1971.66.6
Rights
Public Domain
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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...