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Drawing

15th - 16th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Signorelli, Luca (artist)
Place of origin
Italy (drawn)

Jesus Christ in the act of benediction; On the reverse, study of an angel playing on the violin; Drawn with the brush on pale grey prepared paper, and heightened with white.

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read Perugino, and his rediscovery by the Pre-Raphaelites Pietro Vannucci (about 1450 – 1523), known as Perugino, was one of the most successful and influential artists of the Italian Renaissance.

Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Drawn with the brush on pale grey prepared paper, and heightened with white
Prepared Paper
Drawing
Heightening
Brief description
Drawing, God the Father blessing after Pietro Perugino, Florentine school, 16th century
Physical description
Jesus Christ in the act of benediction; On the reverse, study of an angel playing on the violin; Drawn with the brush on pale grey prepared paper, and heightened with white.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.8in
  • Width: 4.2in
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.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Subjects depicted
Religion (Concept)
Man
Angel
Violin
Jesus
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, 1979, p. 20 The following is the full text of the entry: after PERUGINO, PIETRO (c. 1445-1523) 16 Recto God the Father blessing Verso An angel playing upon the viol (the top of the sheet, containing the head, cut away) Inscribed on the mount in an r Sth century hand 'Luca Signorelli' Pen and ink and wash, heightened with white, on paper partly washed blue 6 7/8 x 4 1/8 (175 x 105) Dyce 216 PROVENANCE Dyce Bequest 1869 LITERATURE Dyce Catalogue no. 216 (as anonymous, ascribed to Signorelli) Formerly catalogued as anonymous, the drawing on the recto is a copy by a pupil of Perugino of the figure in the upper central compartment of the polyptych in the Certosa di Pavia. For an illustration see M. Salmi, La Certosa di Pavia, Cernusco Sui Naviglio, 1949. pl. 14. A drawing at Turin is another, similar copy of the same subject (see Bertini, fig. 12).
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.216

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Record createdSeptember 11, 2009
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