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| Materials and techniques | Pen, washed |
| Brief description | Drawing, Study after a section of Michelangelo's Battle of Cascina, attributed to Baccio Bandinelli, Florentine school, 16th century |
| Physical description | Study, from the Cartoon of Pisa, of the man assisting his companions by the arm, and the naked soldier seated by his side; Pen, washed. |
| Dimensions | - Height: 13.8in
- Width: 10.8in
Original measurement of object converted from fractional inches into decimal inches (rounded to one decimal place).
Dimensions taken from: DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce |
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| Bibliographic references | - DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
- Lambert, Susan. Drawing: Technique & Purpose. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1981. pp.27-28.
- Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings. Volume I. 14th-16th century, London, 1979, p. 32
The following is the full text of the entry:
BANDINELLI, BACCIO
Bartolommeo Bandinelli
(1493-1560)
31
Study of two males nudes after Michelangelo’s cartoon for the Battle of Cascina ; below a slight sketch of a hand in black chalk
Inscribed ‘Michelangelo’ and on the back ‘Schizo di mano propria di Michel Angolo buonaroti… 2’
Pen and ink and wash
13 1/8 x 10 7/8 (333 x 276) Dyce 163
PROVENANCE The indistinct mark is probably Lugt 545, Count ( ?) Gelozzi or Gelosi ; Dyce Bequest 1869
LITERATURE Dyce Catalogue no 163 (under Michelangelo)
According to Vasari, Bandinelli was the most assiduous of those Florentine artists who made Michelangelo’s cartoon their study during the short period when it was accessible to them, before it was divided up, scattered and destroyed. The two figures represented in this drawing differ substantially from those shown in any known preparatory studies by Michelangelo and in later copies after the cartoon. The man helping his comrade out of the river is kneeling on one knee instead of two, and his right hand is placed on a rock or tree stump instead of on the ground; while his seated companion leans over to the left instead of to the right and his arms are in a new position. There is no way of deciding whether Bandinelli introduced these variations, or whether they are based on an earlier preparatory study by Michelangelo. The best extant illustration of the lost cartoon is the grisaille copy at Holkham Hall. This copy is illustrated in numerous works, inlcuding BB. 1938, 3, fig. 584 ; W. Köhler, ‘Michelangelo Schlachtkarton’in Kunstgeschichtliches Jahrbuch der K.K. Zentralkommission für Erforschung etc., Vienna, I, 1907, p. 138, pl. 12 ; C. de Tolnay, Michelangelo, Princeton, 1943, I, pl. 232.
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