Provenance
Earl of Sunderland; sale 1881; John Postle Heseltine [1843-1929] (Lugt 1507), London; Henry Oppenheimer [1859-1932], London (his sale, London, Christie's, 10-14 July 1936, no. 52); Robert von Hirsch [1883-1977], Basel; (his estate sale, London, Sotheby's, 20 June 1978, lot 19); John R. Gaines [1928-2005], Lexington, KY; (his sale, New York, Sotheby's, 17 November 1986, no. 7); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York; by descent to Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990; given to NGA, 1991.
Exhibition History
- 1987
- Master Drawings: The Woodner Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1987, no. 8.
- 1990
- Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, no. 10.
- 1995
- The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996, no. 27.
- 2006
- Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007.
- 2014
- The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 9.
- 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. 63.
Bibliography
- 1897
- Colvin, Sidney. "Über einige Zeichnungen des Carpaccio in England." Jahrbuch der Königlich Preussischen Kunstsammlungen. 18 (1897): 194-195, 203.
- 1905
- The Vasari Society for the Reproduction of Drawings by Old Masters. ix, 1913-14: nos. 6, 7.
- 1906
- Ludwig, Gustavo and Pompeo Molmenti. Vittore Carpaccio: La vita e le opere. Milan, 1906: 284, 286.
- 1907
- Molmenti, Pompeo, and Gustav Ludwig. The Life and Works of Vittore Carpaccio. Translated by Robert H. Hobart. London, 1907: 213, figs. 223, 224.
- 1919
- Meder, Joseph. Die Handzeichnung: Ihre Technik und Entwicklung, Vienna, 1919: 288-89, pl. 97 (recto).
- 1923
- Marle, Raimond van. The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting. 19 vols. The Hague, 1923-1938: 18(1936):345.
- 1925
- von Hadeln, Detlev Freiherr. Venezianische Zeichnungen des Quattrocento. Berlin, 1925: 58-59, pl. 37-8.
- 1931
- Fiocco, Giuseppe. Carpaccio. Paris, 1931: 70, pl. 160a (2nd ed. 1931: 84, pl. CLXX).
- 1958
- Fiocco, Giuseppe, Carpaccio. Novara, 1958: 33.
- 1962
- Lauts, Jan. Carpaccio: Paintings and Drawings, Complete Edition. London, 1962: 265, pl. 163.
- 1963
- Pignatti, Terisio. "Jan Lauts: Carpaccio. Paintings and Drawings". Master Drawings 1 (1963): 53.
- 1963
- Zampetti, Pietro. Vittore Carpaccio: Catalogo della mostra, Exh. cat. Venice, Palazzo Ducale, 1963: mentioned under no. 54.
- 1966
- Muraro, Michelangelo. Carpaccio. Florence, 1966: 107, mentioned under pl. 202.
- 1967
- Perocco, Guido. L'opera completa del Carpaccio. Milan, 1967: mentioned under no. 56B (verso), 61 (recto), reproduced.
- 1970
- Tietze, Hans, and Erika Tietze-Conrat. The Drawings of Venetian Painters. Reprint of 1944 edition. New York, 1970: 147, 153-154, no. 623 (recto).
- 1977
- Muraro, Michelangelo. I disegni di Vittore Carpaccio. 2 vols. Florence, 1977: 27-28, fig. 52 (verso), 61 (recto).
- 1987
- Master Drawings: The Woodner Collection. Exh cat. Royal Academy of Art, London, 1987: 34-35.
- 1988
- De Bayser, Bruno. "L'Oeil judicieux de M. Woodner," Connaissance des Arts (April 1988): 83 (reprod.).
- 1990
- Woodner Collection: Master Drawings. Exh. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990: 38-39.
- 1995
- The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996: 140-143, no. 27.
- 1996
- Le Chanu, Patrick. "Les noms de couleur dans La Prédication de Saint Etienne de Vittore Carpaccio," Techne (1996): 94.
- 1997
- Dreyer, Peter. "Bodies in the Trees: Carpaccio and the Genesis of a Woodcut of the 10,000 Martyrs." Apollo (March 1997): 45-47 (recto).
- 1998
- Le Chanu, Patrick. "The Names of Colors in the Preaching of St. Stephen by Vittore Carpaccio," Kermes (May-August 1998): 50-51.
- 2000
- Sale cat., Phillips Auctioneers, London, Old Master Drawings, 6 July 2000, mentioned under no. 125.
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