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Drawing

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

Study of figures of gladiators, with another study for the same group on the reverse; Slight, in black chalk on warm toned paper, heightened with white.

Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Slight, in black chalk on warm toned paper, heightened with white
Black Chalk
Toned Paper
Drawing
Heightening
Brief description
Tintoretto, Jacopo; Study of figures of gladiators, with another study for the same group on the reverse; Slight, in black chalk on warm toned paper, heightened with white; Italian; ca.1540-1594.
Physical description
Study of figures of gladiators, with another study for the same group on the reverse; Slight, in black chalk on warm toned paper, heightened with white.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.3in
  • Width: 5.5in
Irregular form. 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
Subject depicted
Gladiators
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. 162. The text is as follows: school of TINTORETTO, JACOPO 340 Recto and verso Studies (one on each side of the sheet) from Michelangelo’s lost group of Smason slaying two Philistines Inscribed in ink ‘Tintoretto’ Black chalk heightened with white on pale brown paper; the corners cut Size of sheet 11 ¼ x 5 ¾ (286 x 145) Dyce 238 PROVENANCE Sir J. Reynolds (Lugt 2364); Dyce Bequest 1869 LITERATURE Dyce Catalogue no. 238 (as by Tintoretto); Tietze and Tietze-Conrat, no. 1842 (as by Tintoretto) Through the trimming of the shett a considerable part of the drawing had been cut away on both rect and verso. For two other studies of the same subject see no. 339, recto and verso. See also the note under that entry. It is hard to believe that Tintoretto himself was responsible for all of the numerous sketches after this piece of sculpture which have survived from his studio, and it is reasonable to assume that the less accomplished versions, including our four, were the work of pupils, who were perhaps set this task as part of their training.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.238

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
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