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| Title | Design for the tomb of a cardinal with the arms of Julius II on top, and a scale underneath
(published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and wash |
| Brief description | Drawing, Design for the tomb of a cardinal with the arms of Julius II on top, and a scale underneath, by Andrea Sansovino, Italian School, pen and ink and wash, late 15th century-early 16th century |
| Physical description | Pen and ink and wash drawing on paper |
| Dimensions | - Height: 371mm
(from catalogue)
- Width: 251mm
(from catalogue)
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| Style | |
| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed in ink in an old hand, probably that of J. Talman, 'Giov. Dosio'
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| Gallery label | - Andrea Sansovino
(1467 or 1470-1529)
Design for the tomb of a Cardinal
Italian, about 1509
Pen and ink and wash
Sansovino was a Florentine sculptor, who
went to Rome in 155. Within four years he
had been commissioned by Pope Julius II to
design the tombs of two cardinals, Girolamo
Basso della Rovere, and Ascanio Sforza, in
S. Maria del Popolo, Rome. The arms of Pope
Julius II are show at the top of the tomb.
This drawing was once in the collection
formed in the early 18th century by John
and William Talman. Their mark, composed
of interlocking 'T's is in the cartouche at
the lower right of the design.
8621
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| Object history | PROVENANCE J. Talman (Lugt, Supplement 2884A, which is Talman's mark); bought 1880 from A. W. Thibaudeau (on whom see Lugt 2473) |
| Bibliographic references | - Iotti, Alessandra Bigi. The Burlington Magazine. "Andrea Sansovino and the design for a funerary monument for Leo X". No. 1268, Vol. CL: November 2008, pp. 757-759.
- Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings, Volume One: 14th-16th Century, London, 1979, cat. 311, p. 147, illus.
The following is the full text of the entry:
SANSOVINO, ANDREA
Andrea Contucci (1467/70 - 1529)
311
Design for the tomb of a cardinal with the arms of Julius II on top, and a scale underneath
Inscribed in ink in an old hand, probably that of J Talman, 'Giov. Dosio'
Pen and ink and wash
14 5/8 x 9 7/8 (371 x 251) 8621
PROVENANCE J. Talman (Lugt, Supplement 2884A, which is Talman's mark); bought 1880 from A. W. Thibaudeau (on whom see Lugt 2473)
LITERATURE U. Middeldorf, 'Two Sansovino drawings' in The Burlington Magazine, 64, 1934, pp. 159-64, and fig. C; G. H. Huntley, Andrea Sansovino, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1935, pp. 97-101, and fig. 70; Venturi, 11, part 1, p. 172 and fig. 151; R. U. Montini, Le tombe dei Papi, Rome, 1957, p. 312 and fig. 122
Middeldorf first pointed out that the old attribution to Dosio does not fit the early cinquecento style of the architecture, and he suggested that Sansovino was the artist. A similar design at Weimar, also from the Talman collection, is probably by the same hand (Huntley, loc. cit. fig. 71). Both tombs are surmounted by the arms of Julius II and have other features in common; but the Weimar monument is lower by one storey and the figures on each side of the sarcophagus stand on the podium against the pillars of the arch, instead of in niches. The della Rovere arms suggest a connection with the tombs made by Sansovino at the command of Julius II for the cardinals Girolamo Basso della Rovere and Asanio Sforza in S. Maria del Popolo, Rome; and the tombs themselves bear a close enough resemblance to the two drawings to prove that the connection exists. The drawings presumably represent an early stage in the working out of the designs. They are not necessarily by the hand of Sansovino himself, but might be by an assistant. No. 312, another design for a tomb, also from the Talman collection and inscribed with the name of Dosio, probably comes from the same studio, though perhaps by a different hand.
- p.246-7.
Norma e capriccio. Spagnoli in Italia agli esordi della "maniera moderma". Firenze, Galleria degli Uffizi, 2013. ISBN: 9788809783423.
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