An Eagle

1560/1565

Titian

Artist, Venetian, 1488/1490 - 1576

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Prosper Henry Lankrink [1628-1692] (Lugt 2090), London; Sir Joshua Reynolds [1723-1792] (Lugt 2363), London; Thomas Banks [1735-1805] (Lugt 1423), London; Sir Edward John Poynter [1836-1919] (Lugt 874), London; Victor Koch and Mrs. Flora Koch, London; (sale, London, Christie's, 18 April 1967, no. 126, as attrib. to Leonardo da Vinci); to Schreiber; private collection (sale, London, Sotheby's, 9 July 1973, no. 67, as attrib. to Leonardo da Vinci); P. & D. Colnaghi Co., Ltd.; J. Carter Brown [1935-2002], Washington; given to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1974

  • NGA Recent Acquisitions 1974, no. 74 (Konrad Oberhuber).

1976

  • Disegni di Tiziano e della sua cerchia, Cini Foundation, Venice, 1976, no. 18 (Konrad Oberhuber).

1978

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, p. 40.

1991

  • Art for the Nation, Gifts in Honor fo the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991, 10-11.

2014

  • The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 23.

Bibliography

1967

  • The Burlington Magazine 109 (April 1967): lxxxi, repro. in Christie's advertisement, as attrib. to Leonardo da Vinci.

1974

  • Recent Acquistiions and Promised Gifts: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1974: 119.

1976

  • Disegni di Tiziano e della sua cerchia. Exh. cat. Neri Pozza, Venice, 1976: 68, and pl. 18.

1978

  • Muraro, Michelangelo. "Grafica Tizianesca." In Tiziano e il Manierismo Europeo. Rodolfo Pallucchini, ed. Florence, 1978: 137.

1979

  • Pignatti, Terisio. Tiziano Disegni. Florence, 1979: VI.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 664, no. 1052, color repro.

1987

  • Wethey, Harold. Titian and His Drawings, with Reference to Giorgione and Some CLose Contemporaries. Princeton, 1987: 56-57, 94, note 241, 148, no. 25, fig. 112.

1988

  • Chiari, Maria Agnese. "Per un catalogo ragionato dei disegni di Tiziano," in Saggi e Memorie di storia dell'arte 16 (1988): 31-32, 46, no. 17, 229, fig. 38.

1989

  • Chiari Moretto Wiel, Maria Agnese. Tiziano, Corpus dei disegni autografi. Milan, 1989: 17, 87-88, no. 17.

1991

  • Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991: 10-11.

2001

  • Rearick, William R. Il disegno veneziano del Cinquecento. Milan, 2001: 65

2013

  • Harris, Neil. Capital Culture: J. Carter Brown, the National Gallery of Art, and the Reinvention of the Museum Experience. Chicago and London, 2013: 417, 477.

Inscriptions

by later hand on mount, lower left in graphite: verso Sir J. Reynolds (refers to collectors mark)

Markings

Sir Joshua Reynolds (Lugt 2364; Thomas Banks (Lugt 2423); Sir E. J. Poynter (Lugt 874)

Watermarks

fragment of an anchor in a circle

Wikidata ID

Q64633328


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