The Battle of Spoleto, c. 1575

Not on View

Medium

red chalk on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 29 x 20.5 cm (11 7/16 x 8 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

2002.127.1.b

Artists / Makers

Andrea Vicentino (artist) Italian, c. 1539 - 1614

Titian (artist after) Venetian, 1488/1490 - 1576

Image Use

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Provenance

Padre Resta (Milan, 1635 - 1714) and John, Lord Somers (London, 1650 - 1716) (Lugt 2981), inventory no. I.111 (as Giacomo Tintoretto). (sale, Christie's London, 10 December 1991, no. 129). Jak Katalan, New York; (his sale, Sotheby's London, 10 July 2002); purchased 2002 by NGA.

Associated Names

Katalan, Jak, Mr.
Resta, Padre
Somers, John, Lord
Sotheby's, London

Exhibition History

1995: The Katalan Collection of Italian Drawings, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, 1995 - 1996, no. 18.

Bibliography

2001: Rearick, W. R. Il Disegno veneziano del Cincquecento. Milan, 2001: p. 199.

2017: Meijer, Bert W. Il disegno veneziano, 1580-1650 : ricostruzioni storico-artistiche. Florence, 2017:452, note 3, as possibly not by an Italian artist.