GIULIO ROMANO
(b. ca. 1499, Roma, d. 1546, Mantova)

The Birth of Bacchus

c. 1533
Pen, brown ink, black wash over black chalk, 250 x 406 mm
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

The influence of Giulio Romano's style spread throughout northern Italy and as far as Spain, France and Germany and wherever his followers happened to go. Yet ultimately it was his drawings that allowed Giulio to garner such an influential position in the contemporary art world. They were much coveted by both artists and patrons, indeed more than once whole batches of them were stolen.




© Web Gallery of Art, created by Emil Krén and Daniel Marx.