A female martyr, possibly St Justina of Padua, bound by an executioner, whose sword lies beside him on the ground
Drawing
16th century (drawn)
16th century (drawn)
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| Place of origin |
Drawing, A female martyr, possibly St Justina of Padua, bound by an executioner, whose sword lies beside him on the ground, school of Paolo Veronese, Italy, pen and ink and wash heightened with white on light brown paper, 16th century
Object details
| Object type | |
| Title | A female martyr, possibly St Justina of Padua, bound by an executioner, whose sword lies beside him on the ground (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and wash heightened with white on light brown paper |
| Brief description | Drawing, A female martyr, possibly St Justina of Padua, bound by an executioner, whose sword lies beside him on the ground, school of Paolo Veronese, Italy, pen and ink and wash heightened with white on light brown paper, 16th century |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed in ink on the mount in an old hand 'Carletto' |
| Object history | Given by Miss Georgiana Lornlin, 1880 |
| Bibliographic reference | Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings Volume I. 14th-16th century, London, 1979, cat. 412, p. 187-188, illus.
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VERONESE, PAOLO
A female martyr, probably St Justina of Padua, bound by an executioner, whose sword lies beside him on the ground
Inscribed in ink on the mount in an old hand 'Carletto'
Pen and ink and wash heightened with white
on light brown paper
12 7/8 x 11 (327 x 280) 8638F
PROVENANCE Given by Miss Georgiana Lornlin, 1880
Formerly attributed to Gian Carlo Loth. The name Carletto on the mount, referring to Carletto Caliari, Veronese's younger son, is a clue which points in the right direction. The drawing is obviously by a follower of Veronese, though not necessarily by Carletto. It does not appear to be by the same hand as the few other drawings by Carletto which have been published. It has a certain affinity with a drawing of Esther and Ahasuerus in the British Museum which is inscribed in an old hand with the name of Marco Agnolo del Moro (illustrated in Hadeln, Spätrenaissance, pl, 18). Note the hard outlines of the figures in the foreground in both drawings, and the softly drawn background figures, sketched with the point of the brush. |
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| Accession number | 8638F |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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