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Study of a man, surprised or frightened, rising from a folding stool

Drawing
1530-1594 (made)
Artist/Maker
Tintoretto, Jacopo (artist)
Place of origin
Italy (made)

Study of a man, surprised or frightened, rising from a folding stool, in black chalk. On verso is a slight sketch of a male nude, back view; Black chalk.


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleStudy of a man, surprised or frightened, rising from a folding stool (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Black chalk
Paper
Black Chalk
Drawing
Brief description
Tintoretto, Jacopo; Study of a man, surprised or frightened, rising from a folding stool; black chalk; Italian; 1530-1594.
Physical description
Study of a man, surprised or frightened, rising from a folding stool, in black chalk. On verso is a slight sketch of a male nude, back view; Black chalk.
Dimensions
  • From catalogue height: 254mm
  • From catalogue width: 130mm
Marks and inscriptions
G. Tintoretto (Inscribed in ink.)
Credit line
Dyce Bequest
Object history
Provenance: Sir Joshua Reynolds (Lugt 2364); Dyce Bequest 1869.
Subject depicted
Man
Bibliographic references
  • Peter Ward Jackson, Italian Drawings. Volume I, 14th - 16th century London, Victoria and Albert Museum, HMSO: 1979.
  • Henry Reitlinger, Victorian and Albert Museum. A selection of the drawings by old masters in the museum collections with a catalogue and notes London, 1921.
  • Tancred Borenius, Old master drawings at South Kensington in The Burlington Magazine 39 , 1921, pp.224-230.
  • H. Tietze and E. Tietze-Conrat, The drawings of the Venetian painters in the XV and XVI centuries New York, 1944.
  • Science and Art department of the Committee of Council on Education, South Kensington Museum, Dyce Collection. A catalogue of the paintings, miniatures, drawings, engravings, rings and miscellaneous objects bequeathed by the Reverend Alexander Dyce London, 1874.
  • 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.
Other number
328 - Ward Jackson Catalogue Number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.239

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Record createdJanuary 12, 2009
Record URL
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