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NEW YORK CITY—Three years ago, when art dealer Christopher Bishop saw a drawing from a private collection, he knew it was something special. Despite its small scale the drawing stood out as a tour de force of Northern Mannerism. The young saint featured in the drawing, protecting a group of female followers with her cloak, had all the elegance of a Parmigianino drawing coupled with the presence and power of Michelangelo’s marble madonnas. The triumphant martyred Saint Ursula is depicted with her cult of virgin followers, part coronated queen, part mother, part Marian intercessor. She commands …