The Baptism of Christ
Carlo Urbino
(Crema 1525 - 1585)
- Black pencil and brown watercolor
- 150 mm x 210 mm
- Inscribed in pen at the bottom left “Carlo da Crema”
The sheet is published by Giuseppe Cirillo in the catalogue on the artist (1). The historian hypothesizes that the drawing could be the model for a fresco in the Cathedral of Cremona.
Literature Show/Hide
(1) Giuseppe Cirillo, Carlo Urbino da Crema, drawings and paintings, Parma 2005, pp. 98-99, fig. 29
Provenance Show/Hide
Christie’s, Villa d’Este Cernobbio, 1971, n.24, illustrato
