Design for an Altar

Provenance

Zaccaria Sagredo [1653-1729], Venice, (L. 2103a). (sale, Christie's, London, 28 January 2020, no. 14); Matthew and Ann Nimetz, New York; gift to NGA, 2020.

Design for an Altar

Castello, Giovanni Battista

1550s

Accession Number

2020.80.1

Medium

pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk with brown wash on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 41.2 × 26.2 cm (16 1/4 × 10 5/16 in.) (irregular) | mount: 48.2 × 33.3 cm (19 × 13 1/8 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of Ann and Matthew Nimetz