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Landscape with Mountains

n.d.
Not on view
This landscape with its rugged mountain peaks and gently rolling plains delineated by luscious brush seems much like that of the Piedmont and the northwest part of Lombardy, the regions where the career of Tanzio da Varallo unfolded. The view is, in fact, evocative of the site of the artist's most famous work, the frescoes within the shrines of the Sacro Monte of Varallo. The drawing appears to have been done on the spot, which was an extremely rare practice for Italian artists of this period. The soft, atmospheric technique with red and white chalks on lightly tinted pink paper is typical of Tanzio, and it is an evident legacy of Leonardo da Vinci in Milan and Lombardy.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Landscape with Mountains
  • Artist: Antonio d'Enrico Tanzio (Tanzio da Varallo) (Italian, Riale d'Alagna 1575/80–1632/33 Novara)
  • Date: n.d.
  • Medium: Red chalk, highlighted with white chalk, on pink prepared paper
  • Dimensions: sheet: 9 5/16 x 12 11/16 in. (23.6 x 32.2 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Anonymous Gift, 2001
  • Object Number: 2001.752
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Head of a Man, Antonio d'Enrico Tanzio (Tanzio da Varallo) Italian, Red chalk
Head of a Man
Antonio d'Enrico Tanzio (Tanzio da Varallo)
1575–1633
Priest with Upraised Arms Wearing a Two-Horned Tiara, Antonio d'Enrico Tanzio (Tanzio da Varallo) Italian, Red chalk on red-washed paper
Priest with Upraised Arms Wearing a Two-Horned Tiara
Antonio d'Enrico Tanzio (Tanzio da Varallo)
1575–1633
Studies for an Angel in Glory, Antonio d'Enrico Tanzio (Tanzio da Varallo) Italian, Red chalk on off-white laid paper washed pale ochre; main study squared for transfer
Studies for an Angel in Glory
Antonio d'Enrico Tanzio (Tanzio da Varallo)
1595–1633
Lucretia, Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) Italian, Pen and brown ink over black chalk, partially incised with a stylus (recto); rubbed with black chalk for transfer (verso)
Lucretia
Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)
1508–10
Studies for the Libyan Sibyl (recto); Studies for the Libyan Sibyl and a small Sketch for a Seated Figure (verso), Michelangelo Buonarroti Italian, Red chalk, with small accents of white chalk on the left shoulder of the figure in the main study (recto); soft black chalk, or less probably charcoal (verso)
Studies for the Libyan Sibyl (recto); Studies for the Libyan Sibyl and a small Sketch for a Seated Figure (verso)
Michelangelo Buonarroti
ca. 1510–11

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