Portrait of a Boy in Profile

1440s

Giovanni Badile

Associated Names
Giovanni Badile

Artist, Veronese, 1379 - 1448/1451

The image depicts a person in profile view, showing their upper torso and head. The person is facing left with their head turned slightly in that direction. They have a long nose, pronounced lips, and a softly rounded chin. Their short hair is styled with a fringe and swept to the side. The person is wearing a garment with a simple neckline. There are no visible jewelry or objects in their hands. The background is a plain, textured surface with no discernible patterns. An inscription is written at the top of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and tip of the brush with brown ink over lead point (laid on later blue paper)

  • Credit Line

    Woodner Collection, Gift of Dian Woodner

  • Dimensions

    overall: 20.7 × 15.4 cm (8 1/8 × 6 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.9.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Antonio Badile II [1424 - 1507/1512], Verona, his descendents; probably Ludovico Moscardo (in the so-called Moscardo album) (Lugt 2990b), by descent to Mario Miniscalchi Erizzo [1881-1957], Verona; Francis Matthiesen Gallery, London (1954); the private financier of hte Matthiesen purchase chose this drawing for himself in partial repayment; (sale, London, Christie's, 6 July 1982, lot 20); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990; gift to NGA, 2014.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1983

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu and tour, 1983-85, no. 4.

1986

  • Meisterzeichnungen aus Sechs Jahrhunderten: Die Sammlung Ian Woodner, Haus der Kunst, Munich and Vienna, 1986, no. 4.

  • Dibujos de los siglos XIV al XX: Colección Woodner, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1986-7, no. 5.

1987

  • Master Drawings: The Woodner Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1987, no. 3.

1990

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, no. 4.

1995

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996, no. 5.

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. 1.

2017

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

Bibliography

n.d.

  • Ward, Roger. "Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Washington, D.C." The Burlington Magazine 126, no. 973 (April 1984): 252 (under no. 4).

1966

  • Disegni del Pisanello e di maestri del suo tempo. Exh. cat., 1966: 42 (26A).

1983

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection. Exh. cat. J. Paul Getty Museum, 1983: 21-23.

1986

  • Die Sammlung Ian Woodner. Exh. cat. Albertina, Vienna, 1986: 8-9.

  • Meisterzeichnungen aus sechs Jahrhunderten: Die Sammlung Ian Woodner. Exh. cat. Dumont, Munich, 1986: 8-9.

  • Dibujos de los siglod XIV al XX: Coleccion Woodner. Exh. cat. Fundacion Amigos del Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1986: 26-27.

1987

  • Master Drawings: The Woodner Collection. Exh cat. Royal Academy of Art, London, 1987: 24-25.

1990

  • Woodner Collection: Master Drawings. Exh. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990: 26-27.

1995

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996: no. 5, 40-43.

2010

  • Degenhart, Bernhard, and Annegrit Schmitt, Corpus der Italienischen Zeichnungen 1300-1450. Munich: Biering & Brinkmann, 2010: No. 779, 56-61.

2014

  • Karet, Evelyn.The Antonto Il Badile Album of Drawings: The Origins of Collection Drawings in Early Modern Northern Italy. Ashgate, Farnham, Surrey, 2014: 12, 30 (n. 79), 86-87, 232-233.

Inscriptions

by Antonio Badile II, upper center in pen and brown ink: 2 / joane badille qual fu prete (who was a priest)

Markings

inscribed in pen and brown ink “•2/•joane badille qual fu prete•”

Wikidata ID

Q64572305

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