The Virgin and Child Enthroned, with St. Roch and St. Sebastian
XVI century.Not on display
Another directly corresponding School version of this drawing was formerly in the Suida Manning Collection, New York, and is now in the Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, at the University of Texas, Austin. Both presumably record an original study made in connection with the composition of Cambiaso´s altarpiece of The Virgin and Child enthroned, with saints John the Baptist and Laurence.
The Prado drawing is better than most of the School drawings from the album. The profile of St. Roch shows an interesting black-chalk pentiment, but there also several weaknesses to the drawing, as in St. Roch´s right foot and in his dog.
Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracc: a century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Virginia, Art Services International, 2008, p.253
