Study of a Figure in a Niche (Saint Ambrose; recto); Architectural Studies: Four Alternative Designs for Fictive Niches and an Unrelated Design with Garlands (verso), ca. 1560-67 1564-65 Giuseppe Arcimboldo Italian The attribution to Arcimboldo of the Metropolitan Museum drawing was first suggested by Giulio Bora (cited in Christie's sale catalogue, London, July 4, 1995, lot 37; see also Bora 1998 with its whereabouts listed as "già a Londra"), and was recently reaffirmed by Giuseppe Cirillo, as it is entirely convincing on the basis of style, technical evidence, and context of the documents here discussed. Datable to ca. 1560-67 and once owned by the distinguished Milanese collector Giuseppe Vallardi (1784-1863), the Metropolitan Museum drawing relates to the design of a prestigious, though much disputed commission by the Municipio (town-hall) of Milan for a banner representing Saint Ambrose, the heroic patron of the city who is also one of the canonical Doctors of the Church. The amb

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Study of a Figure in a Niche (Saint Ambrose; recto); Architectural Studies: Four Alternative Designs for Fictive Niches and an Unrelated Design with Garlands (verso), ca. 1560-67 1564-65 Giuseppe Arcimboldo Italian The attribution to Arcimboldo of the Metropolitan Museum drawing was first suggested by Giulio Bora (cited in Christie's sale catalogue, London, July 4, 1995, lot 37; see also Bora 1998 with its whereabouts listed as "già a Londra"), and was recently reaffirmed by Giuseppe Cirillo, as it is entirely convincing on the basis of style, technical evidence, and context of the documents here discussed. Datable to ca. 1560-67 and once owned by the distinguished Milanese collector Giuseppe Vallardi (1784-1863), the Metropolitan Museum drawing relates to the design of a prestigious, though much disputed commission by the Municipio (town-hall) of Milan for a banner representing Saint Ambrose, the heroic patron of the city who is also one of the canonical Doctors of the Church. The amb

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