Art, literature & historyDiscussion between Bishops and a Male Figure before a Crowd (Disputation between Saint Augstine and the Heretic Fortunatus)
1600/1610
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- pen and brown ink with brown wash, heightened with white gouache, on blue laid paper, laid down on an old mount
- Dimensions
- sheet: 26.5 × 34 cm (10 7/16 × 13 3/8 in.) mount: 33 × 40.6 cm (13 × 16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2020.126.2
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Discussion between Bishops and a Male Figure before a Crowd (Disputation between Saint Augstine and the Heretic Fortunatus) — Pietro Malombra. 1600/1610.
Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash, heightened with white gouache, on blue laid paper, laid down on an old mount.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet: 26.5 × 34 cm (10 7/16 × 13 3/8 in.) mount: 33 × 40.6 cm (13 × 16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2020.126.2. Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.