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NORTH ITALIAN SCHOOL, LATE 15TH-CENTURY Sheet of Studies of Sculptural Elements and Architectural Ornaments.<>
Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper mounted on heavy laid paper, circa 1480. 272x214 mm; 10 3/4x8 1/2 inches. Inscribed "Campagnola" in ink, lower left recto. With studies for the base and supporting column of a Baptismal font in ink, verso (visible through the backing sheet). Ex-collection Sagredo-Borghese, on the original mount with the related numbering S.V. [for Scuola Veneta] n.°: 31, verso; at the corners the typical Y-shaped paper tabs used to adhere the drawings to the 18th century album sheet.
This freely executed drawing is either a record of architectural and sculptural details or a sheet of studies exploring various ideas for a commission.
The tabernacle with the Virgin and Child surrounded by music making angels on the recto (upper left) shows the direct influence of Donatello's paradigmatic creations like the Virgin and Child<> or the Madonna Cellini<>, both at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (Avery, 1991, numbers 30 and 68).
