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Marcello Venusti

 
Marcello Venusti

Renaissance Italian painter
(Como, Italy, ca. 1512 - 1579, Rome, Italy)

Note: Italian Mannnerist painter active in Rome in the mid-16th century. Marcello is noted for his long friendship with Michelangelo, who allowed him to execute numerous small-scale paintings based on his designs.

1 objects

Standing Draped Woman

1512-1579
red and black chalk on paper
Bequest of the Honorable James Bowdoin III
1811.34