Description
The Venetian master of narrative painting in the early 16th century, Carpaccio relied on drawings such as this one to study and refine individual figures, which would later be incorporated into his complicated painting cycles. This sheet is related to a painting in the Sala del Gran Consiglio in the Doge's Palace, Venice.
Provenance
Lt. Col. Norman R. Colville (1893-1974), London, by Feb. 1937-at least 1944 [Popham 1937; Tietze and Tietze-Conrat 1944]. Dr. Francis Carl Springell (1898-1974), London; sold, Sotheby’s, London, June 28, 1962, lot 13 (ill.), to Harris [price list]. Sold by Richard Zinser, New York, to the Art Institute, 1962.
Accession Number
113631
Medium
Pen and black ink, with black chalk, heightened with white gouache (recto), and pen and black and brown ink, with touches of black chalk, heightened with white gouache (verso), on blue laid paper
Dimensions
19.5 × 25.2 cm (7 11/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Credit Line
Helen Regenstein Collection
