An Unpublished Design for a Retable by Alonso Cano in the Musée Magnin, Dijon

Rebollo discusses an unpublished design for a retable by Alonso Cano in the Musee Magnin in Dijon, France. Although the technique and dimensions of the Dijon drawing alone make it remarkable, its importance is enhanced due to its integral relationship to a fragment in the Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, the Design for the Elevation of a Ratable with St. Diego of Akala. In fact, when images of the two pieces are joined, the folds of the paper and the cuts of both fragments coincide exactly, so they doubtless originally formed part of a single design for a ratable, which can now be largely reconstructed. The Dijon drawing is laid down on at least two secondary supports, which makes it impossible to check if it has a watermark.