A Kneeling Man Holding a Staff [recto]

mid 1550s

Jacopo Tintoretto

Associated Names
Jacopo Tintoretto

Artist, Venetian, 1518 or 1519 - 1594

This is a sketch of a person in a crouched position, supported by one knee and one outstretched arm. The person's facial features are not detailed. The hair is curly or wavy, following the curve of the head. The clothing appears loose-fitting with visible folds and creases. The background is plain, with the focus on the charcoal figure on lightly-toned paper.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    charcoal heightened with white on blue laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 23.6 × 34.8 cm (9 5/16 × 13 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1990.10.6.a

Associated Artworks

The image shows a sketch of a reclining male figure. Parts of the body are drawn, showing a muscular arm and torso, as the figure lies on his side facing upwards. Facial features are barely visible, and no clear hair details are shown. The sketch lacks detailed clothing, outlining only the body's form. A cross-shaped mark is present to the left of the figure. The background is a plain, slightly textured surface with a light gray tone and faint discolorations and marks.

A Female Nude [verso]

Domenico Tintoretto, Jacopo Tintoretto

1560

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale Christie's New York, 10 January 1990, lot 17); purchased (via Hazlitt, Gooden and Kox) by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

  • The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 21.

2018

  • Drawing in Tintoretto's Venice, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018 - 2019, no. 16 (fig. 26), repro.

Bibliography

1990

  • Christie's, OLD MASTER DRWGS, NY: 1/10/90, 17 (illus.).

2018

  • Marciari, John.Drawing in Tintoretto's Venice. Exh. cat. Morgan Library & Museum, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018-2019: 53, no. 16 (fig. 26)

Inscriptions

verso, in contemporary charcoal below the nude: "X"

Wikidata ID

Q64580085

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