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Veronese

Studies for Judith and Holofernes, David and Goliath, The Finding of Moses, and Others [recto], c. 1582

Not on View

Medium

a) pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper b) pen and brown ink and wash on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 29.8 × 19.6 cm (11 3/4 × 7 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Armand Hammer Collection

Accession Number

1987.24.4.a

Artists / Makers

Veronese (artist) Venetian, 1528 - 1588

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Inscription

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

Marks and Labels

recto: Emile Wauters (Lugt 911)

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

Gaines, John R., Mr.
Hammer Foundation, Armand, The
Hirsch, Robert von
Sagredo, Zaccaria
Wauters, Emile

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.

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.

1985: 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).