Pen and brown ink, washed in brown, over traces in black chalk.
Pen and brown ink on the verso.
300 x 195 mm
The sheet, in its original antique mount, is in fine condition.

Literature:
Our drawing was published in 1996 by Giovanna Baldissin Molli as an example of the qualities of India as an "acute designer of sophisticated architectural solutions". See G. Baldassin Molli, Contributo alla conoscenza della grafica Veronese del Cinquecento, in Arte / Documento, Rivista di Storia e tutela dei Beni Culturali, no. 9, 1996; pp. 84-99.

Bernardino India was a pupil of Domenico Brusasorzi and was affected by the influence of the Emilian mannerism, especially of Parmigianino and Bertoja. He was a refined draftsman, several sheets of him are preserved, revealing his interest in decoration, often in the architectural sphere.
India was active mainly in Verona and Vicenza, both in churches and in villas and noble palaces; he collaborated with Michele Sanmicheli in Palazzo Canossa and with Palladio in Villa Poiana and Palazzo Thiene.