The Pietà

early 17th century

Venetian 17th Century

Associated Names
Venetian 17th Century

Artist

This is a drawing of a reclining figure surrounded by sketches and handwritten notes. The drawing features a central figure reclining with an expression that exudes relaxation or exhaustion. Surrounding the figure are abstract forms and scribbles, suggesting garments or other figures. The paper includes handwritten text in an elegant script, displaying the artist's consideration of the visual elements and notes. The strokes of the drawing are loose and expressive, capturing movement and form with a fluid grace.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash, heightened with white on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 21.3 x 14 cm (8 3/8 x 5 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.70.19

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2012

  • Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 182 (color).

2024

  • Bober, Jonathan. "Seventeenth-century Milanese drawings in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and some associated collections."Arte Lombarda 200-201, no. 1-2 (2024): 71n4.

Inscriptions

extensive inscriptions in Latin in 16th century hand, recto/verso in pen and brown ink: [not deciphered]; by later hand on mat, lower right in graphite: ITAL. SCHOL, 16th / Pietà / Mc1073

Watermarks

undeciphered

Wikidata ID

Q64633479

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