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Dead Christ

Drawing
ca.1530-1592 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dead Christ; The Maries and St. Joseph wailing over the body of Christ, which is seen by the light of a candle; An oval composition; Pen, washed and heightened with white; Signed.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleDead Christ
Materials and techniques
Pen, washed and heightened with white
Brief description
Bassano il Vecchio, Jacopo; Dead Christ; The Maries and St. Joseph wailing over the body of Christ; Oval composition; Pen, washed and heightened with white; Signed; Venetian School; ca.1530-1592.
Physical description
Dead Christ; The Maries and St. Joseph wailing over the body of Christ, which is seen by the light of a candle; An oval composition; Pen, washed and heightened with white; Signed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.5in
  • Width: 9.8in
Original measurements 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.
Style
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Subjects depicted
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.
  • Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings. Volume I. 14th-16th century, London, 1979, p.37-38 The following is the full text of the entry: school of BASSANO, FRANCESCO 42 Lamentation over the dead Christ Inscribed in ink 'Bassano' Brush and pen and ink heightened with white; oval in shape 6 5/8 x 9 3/4 (168 x 250) Dyce 232 PROVENANCE Dyce Bequest 1869 LITERATURE Dyce Catalogue no. 232 (as by Jacopo Bassano); Tietze and Tietze-Conrat, no. 162 A painting that corresponds is in the Louvre. It was attributed by E. Arslan (I Bassano, Bologna, 1931, p. 240, fig. 47) to Luca Martinelli, a collaborator of Giambattista da Ponte; but in his revised book (I Bassano, Milan, 1960, p. 361) he catalogues the picture as merely Bassanesque, very close to Francesco and Gerolamo. Palluchini (in Arte Veneta,13-14, 1959-60, pp. 58-61) maintains that the painting is a late work of Jacopo Bassano. The Tietzes are doubtless right in regarding the drawing as a 17th century product of the Bassano Workshop. They mention other modified copies of the picture in paintings and drawings, including a drawing in the British Museum (loc. cit., no. 109).
Collection
Accession number
DYCE.232

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Record createdSeptember 11, 2009
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