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She-Goat Nursing Two Faun Children

She-Goat Nursing Two Faun Children

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Giulio (Giulio Pippi) Romano

Giulio Romano was Raphael’s prized pupil in Rome. This highly finished drawing is a preparatory study for the fresco of the Marriage of Cupid and Psyche: The Rustic Banquet painted by Giulio in 1528 for Federico II Gonzaga, duke of Mantua, in the Palazzo Tè.
Artist
Giulio (Giulio Pippi) Romano
(Italian, ca. 1499 - 1546)
Title
She-Goat Nursing Two Faun Children
Date
ca. 1525-1528
Medium
Bistre and wash
Dimensions
5 x 9 15/16 in. Image
Credit
Anonymous Fund purchase
Accession No.
1973.147
Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
Geography
Italy

Related

1974, Paul Drey Gallery (New York City, NY) sold to Elvehjem Art Center [now called the Chazen Museum of Art] (Madison, WI)

  • Olszewski, Edward J. "Sixteenth-Century Italian Drawings, Volume II, A Corpus of Drawings in Midwestern Collections." Turnhout, Belgium: Harvey Miller Publishers, 2008. pp. 388-389, no. 313
  • Wind, Barry. "Old Master Drawings from Area Collections." Milwaukee, Wis.: Milwaukee Art Museum, 1997. p. 61, no. 49
  • Chazen Museum of Art. "Artscene." Vol. 22, No. 2, Special Edition, May 2005. p. 6
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Bulletin/Elvehjem Art Center Bulletin/Annual Report 1973-1974. no. 7

  • Old Master Drawings from the Permanent Collection: Chazen Museum of Art, 7/23/2005–10/9/2005
  • Old Master Drawings from Area Collections: Milwaukee Art Museum, 4/1/1997–6/1/1997
  • Hand of the Master, The: Drawings from the Elvehjem’s Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 5/11/1985–7/28/1985
  • Schongauer to Callot: Old Master Graphics from the Permanent Collection: Elvehjem Art Center, 2/1/1974–3/10/1974

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