Saint Louis of Toulouse Holding a Book

early 1460s

Giovanni Bellini

Artist, Venetian, c. 1430/1435 - 1516

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and ink over stylus on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 9.8 × 5 cm (3 7/8 × 1 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1997.40.2


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Charles Gasc [1818-1869], Paris (Lugt 543); Charles Molinier, Toulouse [1845-1910] (Lugt 2917); Tolentini; André de Hevesy, Paris (exh. Matthiesen Ltd., London, Feb.-April 1939, no. 93); Edward Holland-Martin, Esq. (sale, Christie's, London, 20 May 1966, no. 104, as School of Giovanni Bellini); (sale, Christie's, London, 22 November 1966, no. 133, as School of Giovanni Bellini); (P. & D. Colnaghi, London, 1966, no. 3); Denys Sutton [1917-1991], London, and by descent (sale, Christie's, New York, 30 January 1997 no. 2); purchased (via Colnaghi Drawings, London) by NGA, 1997.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1939

  • Exhibition of Venetian Paintings and Drawings Held in Aid of Lord Baldwin's Fund for Refugees, Matthiesen, Ltd., London, 1939, no. 93 (as Sebastiano del Piombo).

1969

  • Old Master and English Drawings, P. & D. Colnaghi, London, 1969, no. 3 (Venetian School, late fifteenth century).

2014

  • The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 2.

2018

  • Mantegna and Bellini, The National Gallery, London; Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 2018-2019.

Bibliography

1942

  • Dussler, Luitpold. Sebastiano del Piombo. Basel, 1942: 197, no. 244 (as not by Sebastiano del Piombo).

1944

  • Tietze, Hans, and Erika Tietze-Conrat. The Drawings of the Venetian Painters in the 15th and 16th Centuries. New York, 1944: no. 350, pl. XXXIV (as School of Giovanni Bellini).

1962

  • Heinemann, Giovanni Bellini 1(1962): 76, no. 272; 2(1962): fig. 116; 3(1991): 84, no. 343.

1991

  • Heinemann, Fritz. Giovanni Bellini e i Belliniani, Vol. III. Supplemento e Ampliamenti. Hildesheim, 1991: 32, no. 343

Inscriptions

by later hand, center verso in graphite: 90; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: D29883(2)C1=0

Markings

various modern graphite inscriptions on verso

Wikidata ID

Q64572392


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