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Drawing

ca. 1500-1560 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

An Allegory; A cave with the skeleton of a large animal secured by bands of leather to the branches of trees, and human figures; Pen and bistre.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pen and bistre
Brief description
Master of the Victoria and Albert Museum Diableries, formerly attributed to Baccio Bandinelli; An Allegory; A cave with the skeleton of a large animal secured by bands of leather to the branches of trees, and human figures; Pen and bistre; Italian; ca. 1500-1560
Physical description
An Allegory; A cave with the skeleton of a large animal secured by bands of leather to the branches of trees, and human figures; Pen and bistre.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.9in
  • Width: 15.4in
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.
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: Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1979, pp. 229-230. The text is as follows: SCHOOL UNKNOWN: mid 16th century 519 A frieze of figures apparently taking part in a witches’ abbath, together with the skeletons of two or more learge monsters Reed pen and ink 10 x 14 ¾ (254 x 374) Dyce 161 PROVENANCE Dyce Bequest 1869 LITERATURE Dyce Catalogue no. 161 (as by Baccio Bandinelli); F. G. Schab, The Woodner Collection I. A selction of old master drawings before 1700, New Ork, 1971, under catalogue no. 16. The drawing is not by Bandinelli; but thought it has been much discussed (orally rather than in print), no other convincing attribution has been proposed: nor is it easy to assign the drawing to a particular school. The anonymous artist is sometimes known as the Master of the Victoria and Albert Museum Diableries. There are other similar drawings by him, showing the same macabre taste, notable no. 520 in this catalogue; 1955-7-22-2 in the British Museum; a sheet in the collection of Mr Janos Scholz, New York; and another in the collection of Mr Iam Woodner, New York (illustrated under no. 16 in the Catalogue quoted). A witches’ Sabbath, somewhat similar to the scenes shown in our two drawings, is the theme of a well-known engravcing, known as Lo Stregozzo, by Marcantonio Raimondi, Paris, 1888, p. 204, no. 175). There, too, the skeleton of a monster takes part in the action.
Collection
Accession number
DYCE.161

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Record createdOctober 6, 2009
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