Through
the Sketchbook
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Peacock. © Biblioteca civica "A. Mai" di Bergamo.
Letters of the Alphabet: M, N and O. © Biblioteca civica "A. Mai" di Bergamo.
Girls Reading. © Biblioteca civica "A. Mai" di Bergamo. |
Illuminated
letters of the alphabet (with animals and people), and brilliant wash
drawings of cheetahs, stags, rabbits, and people, etc., for children
and to flourish texts, fill the famous sketchbooks of Giovannino de
Grassi. De Grassi was a Visconti court artist, painter, and sculptor,
which allowed him an education, and sources for work, thus an income.
c.1390.
Wash drawings. Artist: Giovannino de Grassi. |
