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Drawing

ca.1550-1588 (made)
Artist/Maker
Veronese, Paolo (artist)
Place of origin
Italy (drawn)

Six persons assembled near an altar; three of them form a group of a warrior kneeling to two maidens. In the distance the finding of a child on the bank of a river; Pen, washed with bistre.

Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Pen, washed with bistre
Pen
Bistre
Drawing
Wash Technique
Brief description
Veronese, Paolo; Six persons assembled near an altar; three of them form a group of a warrior kneeling to two maidens. In the distance the finding of a child on the bank of a river; Pen, washed with bistre; Venetian School; ca.1550-1588.
Physical description
Six persons assembled near an altar; three of them form a group of a warrior kneeling to two maidens. In the distance the finding of a child on the bank of a river; Pen, washed with bistre.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.2in
  • Width: 13.8in
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
Subjects depicted
People
Altar
Women
Warrior
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, pp. 186-187. The text is as follows: school of VERONESE, PAOLO 411 A mythological scene Inscribed in pencil in a later hand ‘P. Veronese’; an older inscription in ink along the upper edge on the left side if cut and illegible Pen and ink and wash 7 3/8 x 13 7/8 (187 x 351) Dyce 250 PROVENANCE Dyce Bequest 1869 LITERATURE Dyce Catalogue no. 250 (as by Paolo Veronese); Tietze and Tietze-Conrat, no. 2204. Tietze and Tietze-Conrat attribute the drawing to Paolo Veronese’s son, Carletto Caliari, suggesting that it might be connected with the frieze which (according to Ridolfi) Carletto and his brother Gabriele painted round the dining-hall of the Fondaco dei Tedeschi at Venice (Le maraviglie dell’arte, Venice, 1648, von Hadeln edition, Berlin, 1914 and 1924, I, p. 357). Among the subjects represented were ‘favole di medea, che ringiovenisce il vecchio Esone’. The rejuvenation of Aeson, Jason’s father, is not the scene represented here; but the drawing may well represent some other episode in the story of Medea and Jason, as there is a fleece hung up in the portico of the temple on the right and the dragon may be its guardian. Even so, it is doubtful whether enough is known about Carletto’s drawing style to justify our attributing this drawing to him. In style and handling it is rather close to Paolo Veronese himself and my possibly be by his hand. Even if it is connected with the frieze in the dinning-hall of the Fondaco dei Tedeschi, it is not necessarily by Carletto: for according to Boschini (Le ricche minere della pittura veneziana, Venice, 1674, p. 110) and Zanetti (Descrizione di tutte le pubbliche pittura della Città di Venezia…, Venice, 1732), the frieze was by Paolo Veronese.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.250

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Record createdSeptember 14, 2009
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