Jacopo Tintoretto (Italian 1518-1594)
Artist: Jacopo Tintoretto (Italian 1518-1594) Attributed
Title: Figure Study. Verso Drapery, Feet and Horse Leg.
Medium: Black chalk on heavy-laid paper.
Framed Size: Height 26.5 cm x Width 31.5 cm x Depth 2.5 cm.
Sheet Size: Height 11.3 cm x Width 14 cm.
Condition: The drawing is in good condition, with a small tear in the top centre and an oil stain (likely from the artist’s medium). It is glazed with anti-reflective invisible glass ArtGlass AR70.
Provenance: Private Collection Sydney, Australia.
This work was from an estate sale and part of a significant collection of old master drawings purportedly from The Estate of the late Mary Elizabeth Fairfax (1922-2017).
Attribution: We would like to thank Mr John Marciari, Director of Curatorial Affairs, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, for attributing this work to Tintoretto. Mr Marciari is a world-renowned Tintoretto scholar.
About: There are only around two hundred known drawings by Jacopo Tintoretto, making this a work of significance. The recto drawing shows a sweeping heavenly figure, possibly a study sketch for Tintoretto 1568 painting “The Descent into Hell”. The verso shows Drapery, Feet and Horse Leg. The drapery and feet are attributed to the studio of Tintoretto, whilst the horse leg is again the work of Tintoretto, with the styles of two hands quite evident. This was not uncommon as the working drawings in the studio were not considered precious material, and the paper was often reused.
Tintoretto was a Venetian painter who was a major force in the Italian Renaissance and beyond. Tintoretto and his workshop, along with Giovanni Bellini and his brother Gentile Bellini and their workshops, Giorgione, Titian, Paolo Veronese, Jacopo Bassano and his sons, were the major artists of the Venetian School, which shaped 16th-century Italian painting.
Artist: Jacopo Tintoretto (Italian 1518-1594) Attributed
Title: Figure Study. Verso Drapery, Feet and Horse Leg.
Medium: Black chalk on heavy-laid paper.
Framed Size: Height 26.5 cm x Width 31.5 cm x Depth 2.5 cm.
Sheet Size: Height 11.3 cm x Width 14 cm.
Condition: The drawing is in good condition, with a small tear in the top centre and an oil stain (likely from the artist’s medium). It is glazed with anti-reflective invisible glass ArtGlass AR70.
Provenance: Private Collection Sydney, Australia.
This work was from an estate sale and part of a significant collection of old master drawings purportedly from The Estate of the late Mary Elizabeth Fairfax (1922-2017).
Attribution: We would like to thank Mr John Marciari, Director of Curatorial Affairs, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, for attributing this work to Tintoretto. Mr Marciari is a world-renowned Tintoretto scholar.
About: There are only around two hundred known drawings by Jacopo Tintoretto, making this a work of significance. The recto drawing shows a sweeping heavenly figure, possibly a study sketch for Tintoretto 1568 painting “The Descent into Hell”. The verso shows Drapery, Feet and Horse Leg. The drapery and feet are attributed to the studio of Tintoretto, whilst the horse leg is again the work of Tintoretto, with the styles of two hands quite evident. This was not uncommon as the working drawings in the studio were not considered precious material, and the paper was often reused.
Tintoretto was a Venetian painter who was a major force in the Italian Renaissance and beyond. Tintoretto and his workshop, along with Giovanni Bellini and his brother Gentile Bellini and their workshops, Giorgione, Titian, Paolo Veronese, Jacopo Bassano and his sons, were the major artists of the Venetian School, which shaped 16th-century Italian painting.
Artist: Jacopo Tintoretto (Italian 1518-1594) Attributed
Title: Figure Study. Verso Drapery, Feet and Horse Leg.
Medium: Black chalk on heavy-laid paper.
Framed Size: Height 26.5 cm x Width 31.5 cm x Depth 2.5 cm.
Sheet Size: Height 11.3 cm x Width 14 cm.
Condition: The drawing is in good condition, with a small tear in the top centre and an oil stain (likely from the artist’s medium). It is glazed with anti-reflective invisible glass ArtGlass AR70.
Provenance: Private Collection Sydney, Australia.
This work was from an estate sale and part of a significant collection of old master drawings purportedly from The Estate of the late Mary Elizabeth Fairfax (1922-2017).
Attribution: We would like to thank Mr John Marciari, Director of Curatorial Affairs, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, for attributing this work to Tintoretto. Mr Marciari is a world-renowned Tintoretto scholar.
About: There are only around two hundred known drawings by Jacopo Tintoretto, making this a work of significance. The recto drawing shows a sweeping heavenly figure, possibly a study sketch for Tintoretto 1568 painting “The Descent into Hell”. The verso shows Drapery, Feet and Horse Leg. The drapery and feet are attributed to the studio of Tintoretto, whilst the horse leg is again the work of Tintoretto, with the styles of two hands quite evident. This was not uncommon as the working drawings in the studio were not considered precious material, and the paper was often reused.
Tintoretto was a Venetian painter who was a major force in the Italian Renaissance and beyond. Tintoretto and his workshop, along with Giovanni Bellini and his brother Gentile Bellini and their workshops, Giorgione, Titian, Paolo Veronese, Jacopo Bassano and his sons, were the major artists of the Venetian School, which shaped 16th-century Italian painting.