Studies for Judith and Holofernes, David and Goliath, The Finding of Moses, and Others [recto]
c. 1582
Veronese
Artist, Venetian, 1528 - 1588
Artwork overview
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Medium
a) pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper b) pen and brown ink and wash on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 29.8 × 19.6 cm (11 3/4 × 7 11/16 in.)
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Accession Number
1987.24.4.a
Associated Artworks
Studies for the Raising of Lazarus and Other Compositions [verso]
Veronese
1582
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Zaccaria Sagredo [1653-1729], Venice; Emile Wauters [1846-1933] (Lugt 911), Paris; (sale, Frederick Müller, Amsterdam, 15-16 June 1926, no. 32); Robert von Hirsch [1883-1977], Frankfurt and Basel; (sale, Sotheby's, London, 20 June 1978, no. 30); John R. Gaines [1928-2005], Lexington, KY; (Sale, Sotheby's, New York, 17 November 1986, no. 11); purchased by Armand Hammer for the National Gallery of Art, 1986.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1925
Dessins AnciensCollection de M.-EW, Amsterdam, Frederik Muller &Cie, 1926, Juin 15-16, 7, no. 32
1978
The Robert von Hirsch Collection: Volume I, Old Master Drawings, Paintings, and Medieval Minatures, Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, June 20, 1978, no. 30
1986
The John R. Gaines Collection, Soethby's, New York, Nov. 17, 1986, no. 11
1987
Master Drawings from the Armand Hammer Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1987, 88-90, no. 9.
1988
The Art of Paolo Veronese 1528-1588, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1988-1989, no. 75.
2006
The Poetry of Light: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2006, unnumbered brochure.
2014
The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014-2015, no. 29.
2018
Drawing in Tintoretto's Venice, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018 - 2019, no. 13 (fig. 20), repro.
2025
Paolo Veronese (1528-1588), Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2025, cat. 82, repro.
Bibliography
1913
Lees, Frederic. The Art of the Great Masters as exemplified by Drawigns in the Collection of Emile Wauters. London, 1913: 51, figs. 66-67.
1921
Borenius, Tancred. "A Group of Drawings by Paul Veronese," The Burlington Magazine (February 1921): 54.
1926
Von Hadeln, Detlev Freiherr. Venezianische Zeichnungen der Spätrenaissance. Berlin, 1926: 27.
1927
Osmond, Percy H. Paolo Veronese: His Career and Work. London, 1927: 100.
1928
Fiocco, Giuseppe. Paolo Veronese, 1528-1588. Bologna, 1928: 194, 210.
1934
Fiocco, Giuseppe. Paolo Veronese. Rome, 1934: 131.
1944
Tietze, Hans, and Erika Tietze-Conrat. The Drawings of the Venetian Painters in the 15th and 16th Centuries. New York, 1944: 336, 339, no. 2028, pls. CLII, CLIII.
1973
Cocke, Richard. "Observations on Some Drawings by Paolo Veronese," Master Drawings (Summer 1973): 141-143, pl. 9.
1976
Pignatti, Terisio. Veronese. 2 vols. Venice, 1976: 1:164, 174, 189; 2:fig. 754.
1983
Shearman, John. The Early Italian Pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen. Cambridge, 1983: 288-289, no. 316.
1984
Cocke, Richard. Veronese's Drawings: A Catalogue Raisonné. London, 1984: 22, 25, no. 99, 99v.
1985
Byam Shaw, James. "Review of Richard Cocke, Veronese's Drawings." The Burlington Magazine (May 1985): 309.
Coutts, Howard. "Veronese's Paintings for Carlo Emanele I of Savoy" The Burlington Magazine (May 1985): 301, 302, fig. 52.
1986
Crosato, Luciana Larcher. "I disegni di Paolo Veronese," Arte Veneta (1986): 255.
1987
Master Drawings from the Armand Hammer Collection. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1987: 88-90.
1988
The Art of Paolo Veronese. Exh. cat. National Gallery Art, Washington, 1988: 145-147.
1996
Artemieva, Irina. "Una 'Resurrezione de Lazzaro' di Paolo Veronese," Arte Veneta vol. 48, no. 1 (1996): 20-24, figs. 2 (recto), 3-4 (verso).
2001
Rearick, William R. Il disegno veneziano del Cinquecento. Milan, 2001: 168-169, fig. 84 (recto).
2018
Marciari, John.Drawing in Tintoretto's Venice. Exh. cat. Morgan Library & Museum, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018-2019: 42, no. 13 (fig. 20).
2025
Dal Pozzolo, Enrico Maria, and Falomir Faus, Miguel, editors. Paolo Veronese, 1528-1588. Exh. cat. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2025: 374, cat. 82, repro.
Inscriptions
recto: inscribed at upper left in pen and brown ink in the hand of Marcantonio Gandini: Al molto Mag[nifi]co S[igno]r Paulo/Caliari Veronese comp[ar]e et/S[igno]r/mio col[endissi]mo/Venezia/con un rotolo di br[accia] 12 1/2 Ratta gottonata nera/A S. Samuel presso la fabrica/nova da ca mozenigo; in another hand at upper center, upside down: P:no:44; at upper right in pen and brown ink: una Giudite ch[e] talia la testa Aholofe; upper center in pen and brown ink: Per[?] un prespio; center right in pen and brown ink: Nano;c L //in pen and brown ink at left (to the left of a standing female figure): per Lazzaro [?]; verso:inscribed at top in the hand of Marcantonio Gandini: Mag[nifi]co S[igno]r Comp[ar]e/Mando a V[ostra] S[ignoria] li br[accia] 12 1/2 rassa, la/quale credo piacerà à cui/deve adoperarla; se in altro posso servirla ella mi comandi/et di core la saluto. Di trivigi a 18 7[em]bre 1582. D[i] V[ostra] S[ignoria]/Comp[are] aff[etuossissi]mo/+3/REMI Marc Ant[oni]o Gandino/pro 50 stampa a la sua spesa 100 folli che/sarano Carte 50. In another hand at lower left in brown ink: Paolo Veronese
Markings
recto: Emile Wauters (Lugt 911)
Wikidata ID
Q64633612