The swooning Virgin

A late drawing by Sojaro, closely related to the group of angels at the Louvre (inv. 35376) for the Assumption of the Virgin in the cathedral at Cremona, left unfinished at his death in 1576. The artist was clearly inspired by the Virgin swooning frescoed by Pordenone in 1520, while his soft treatment of the chalk is indebted to the manner of the Campis in Cremona and the legacy of Correggio.