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Drawing

ca.1540-1594 (made)
Artist/Maker
Tintoretto, Jacopo (artist)
Place of origin
Italy (drawn)

Study of nude male figure, standing inclined towards the left; Very slight, in black chalk, on warm toned paper; Squared for copying.


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Black chalk on warm toned paper, squared for copying.
Black Chalk
Toned Paper
Drawing
Squared
Brief description
Tintoretto, Jacopo; Study of nude male figure, standing inclined towards the left; Very slight, in black chalk, on warm toned paper; Squared for copying; Venetian School; ca.1540-1594.
Physical description
Study of nude male figure, standing inclined towards the left; Very slight, in black chalk, on warm toned paper; Squared for copying.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.2in
  • Width: 6.2in
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
Venetian School
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Subjects depicted
Man
Nude
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: Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1979, p. 160. The text is as follows: TINTORETTO, JACOPO Jacopo Robusti (1518-94) 337 Male nude, front view, bending to one side and looking down Inscribed in ink ‘G. Tintoretto’ (in the same hand as in no. 238) Black chalk on buff paper; squared in black chalk 11 5/8 x 4 ½ (296 x 139) Dyce 247 PROVENANCE Sir J. Reynolds (Lugt 2364); Dyce Bequest 1869 LITERATURE Dyce Catalogue no. 247 (as by Tintoretto); Tietze nad Tietze-Conrat, no. 1705 (also by Tintoretto) Possibly a study for the young woman admiring the infant Christ on the right side of the Adoration of the Shepherds formerly at Belluno in the Casa Pagani Varola (Bercken, pl. 200; a date in the 1580s in suggested). The head, neck and shoulders correspond fairly closely with the picture. But the woman’s arms in the picture are crossed on her breast, whereas in the drawing they appear to holding something away from the body. The position of the legs is different also, the left leg in the painting being advanced across the right one, so that the lower part of the woman’s body is twisted round to her right, instead of being shown frontally. This improves the pose, and may show a change of mind on the artist’s part.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.247

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Record createdSeptember 14, 2009
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