The Adoration of the Magi, 1500–1571, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk, with some traces of white gouache highlights (oxidized); the kneeling male figure at center reworked by the artist with pen and darker brown ink; a strip of paper added at the bottom and the design of the feet of the figure at lower left completed in brush and brown ink by an early hand, not that of the artist, Overall: 14 5/16 x 9 5/8in. (36.4 x 24.4cm), maximum, with completed strip of paper at bottom border and upper corners cropped, Drawings, Nosadella (Giovanni Francesco Bezzi) (Italian, Bologna (?) ca. 1500–1571 Bologna), This drawing was bought at the Pembroke sale in 1917 as by Lorenzo Sabbatini, although it was already listed in the Pembroke album with the correct attribution to Nosadella, an attribution that is also confirmed by the style and technique with washes of the study
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Adoration, Magi, 1500–1571, Pen, brown ink, brush, wash, traces, black chalk, white gouache highlights, oxidized, kneeling male figure, center reworked, artist, pen, darker brown, strip, paper added, bottom, design, feet, figure, lower left completed, early hand, Overall, 14 5/16 x 9 5/8in, 36.4 24.4cm, maximum, completed strip, paper, bottom border, upper corners cropped, Drawings, Nosadella, Giovanni Francesco Bezzi, Italian, Bologna, ca., drawing, bought, Pembroke sale, 1917, Lorenzo Sabbatini, although, listed, album, correct attribution, attribution, confirmed, style, technique, washes, study
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