Study of the Virgin for an Annunciation

1550s

Andrea Meldolla, called Schiavone

Associated Names
Andrea Meldolla, called Schiavone

Artist, Italian, c. 1500 - 1563

The image shows a person seated, with one arm extended towards the right side and the other arm slightly bent. Their face is not fully detailed but turned slightly in profile towards the extended arm. They have long flowing hair and are draped in a loose garment. In the background, there is a wall or curtain to the left and a table or ledge to the right with a flat, rectangular object on it. The scene is illuminated with a warm light from the right.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    brush with brown wash and white heightening over red chalk on laid paper; laid down on an old mount

  • Credit Line

    Purchased as the Gift of Ann and Matthew Nimetz

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 16.1 × 12.8 cm (6 5/16 × 5 1/16 in.)
    mount: 23.3 × 16.9 cm (9 3/16 × 6 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.32.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Unidentified private collection. Private collection, France. (Sale, Christie's, London, 10 July 2001, no. 43); (Richard Berman, New York); purchased by NGA, 2017.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2018

  • Drawing in Tintoretto's Venice, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018 - 2019, no. 5 (fig. 12), repro.

Bibliography

2018

  • Marciari, John.Drawing in Tintoretto's Venice. Exh. cat. Morgan Library & Museum, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018-2019: 33, no. 5 (fig. 12).

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left of mount in pen and ink: 256; by later hand, lower right of mount in pen and ink: IId. / A Schiavone

Wikidata ID

Q64535757

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