attributed to Paolo Cailiari (1528-1588)

Meekness

Venice, 1575-7

Pen and brown wash heightened with bodycolour on blue paper

18.9 x 31.0 cm

Related to the ceiling paintings of the same subject by Veronese in the Sala del Colegio of the Doge’s Palace, Venice.

Purchased 1937 (No. 37.2)

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