The Virgin and Four Other Women

1505/1510

Vittore Carpaccio

Associated Names
Vittore Carpaccio

Artist, Venetian, c. 1465 - 1525/1526

The image shows six figures: five in the foreground and one smaller figure in the background. The five foreground figures are positioned to the left of the image, facing towards the right where the small figure stands. The foremost figure is slightly hunched over in a gesture of prayer or supplication, with hands clasped together, wearing a long robe with a head covering extending into a shawl. The figures have minimal facial details and wear long robes. The sketch is on sepia-toned paper, with shades of pencil or charcoal creating the figures and their garments. No visible jewelry or objects are present, except for the interaction between the foreground and background figures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with gray wash over charcoal on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Woodner Collection, Gift of Dian Woodner

  • Dimensions

    overall: 14.1 x 16.3 cm (5 9/16 x 6 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.111.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Purchased by Ian Woodner, New York, by 1971; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990; gift to the NGA, 2017.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1971

  • Woodner Collection I: A Selection of Old Master Drawings before 1700, William H. Schab Gallery, New York and tour, 1971-72, no. 26.

1983

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu and tour, 1983-85, no. 8 (George Goldner).

1987

  • Master Drawings: The Woodner Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1987, no. 7.

1990

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, no. 9.

1995

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996, no. 26 (entry by Suzanne Folds McCullagh).

2006

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007 (no cat.).

2017

  • The Woodner Collections: Master Drawings from Seven Centuries, NGA, 2017.

2022

  • Vittore Carpaccio: Master Storyteller of Renaissance Venice, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Palazzo Ducale, Venice, 2022-2023, no. 59.

Bibliography

1977

  • Muraro, Michelangelo. Corpus graphicum: I disegni di Vittore Carpaccio. 2 vols. Florence, 1977: 85, fig. 42A.

Wikidata ID

Q64633961

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