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Head of Leda
Interior with two female figures
Naked young men (playing)
Heads of five young and lamb
Caricature of a monk reading
Study for an Altar
Self portrait
Detail of male nudes
Study for Saint Sebastian chained in a niche
High Life (a Piquant Conversation)
Head of Leda
Interior with two female figures
Naked young men (playing)
Heads of five young and lamb
Caricature of a monk reading
Study for an Altar
Self portrait
Detail of male nudes
Study for Saint Sebastian chained in a niche
High Life (a Piquant Conversation)

Study for an Altar

Agostino Busti, detto il Bambaia

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Cabinet of Drawings

Piazza Castello, Milan

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Before entering the civic collections of Milan in 1929, together with a sheet representing the same architectural project with some variations, the drawing was part of the collection of the architect Carlo Amati, who attributed it to Donato Bramante. Considered the elevation for an altar by Luigi Pungileoni and approached for the first time to the works of Bambaia by Giorgio Nicodemi, the structure depicted there is conceived as a triumphal arch: the central body, surmounted by a tympanum, houses two kneeling saints and in the center a fornix, laterally decorated with the figures of the Annunciation; the two lateral niches welcome the saints Ludovico da Tolosa and Antonio da Padova. A frieze with five episodes from the life of the Virgin decorates the upper part of the structure, surmounted by the figures of the Redeemer, two angels and the evangelists John and Matthew. The design was related to the construction of an altar for the church of Santa Maria del Giardino in Milan. In 1515 Bambaia actually participated in the competition announced for the execution of this work, in collaboration with Geronimo Della Porta and Cristoforo Lombardi, but the altar was then built for a lower price by other artists between 1519 and 1523. .
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Title: Study for an Altar

Author: Agostino Busti, detto il Bambaia

Date: 1515

Technique: Silver tip and ink enhanced with white lead on white paper

Displayed in: Cabinet of Drawings

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