The Hermit Saints Paul and Anthony Receiving Bread from a Dove

1530s

Domenico Campagnola

Associated Names
Domenico Campagnola

Artist, Venetian, before 1500 - 1564

This is a drawing of two figures in a wooded landscape. The drawing shows two figures with muscular physiques kneeling and gesturing upward. One figure holds a spherical object from which a bird appears to be ascending, surrounded by radiant lines. The surrounding landscape features densely drawn trees with intricate leaves. The thick trunk and textured bark of the trees add depth and structure to the scene. The scene conveys a sense of reverence or mystical transformation set within a natural setting.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Maurice de Marignane [b. 1879], Paris; Hubert de Margianne, Paris; purchased by Ian Woodner, New York, by 1973; by descent to Andrea Woodner, New York, 1990, given to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1973

  • Woodner Collection II: Old Master Drawings from the XV to the XVIII Century, William H. Schab Gallery, New York and tour, 1973-74, no. 48.

1983

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu and tour, 1983-84, no. 15.

1985

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 1985, no. 15 (checklist only).

1986

  • Meisterzeichnungen aus Sechs Jahrhunderten: Die Sammlung Ian Woodner, Haus der Kunst, Munich and Vienna, 1986, no. 16.

  • Dibujos de los siglos XIV al XX: Colección Woodner, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1986-87, no. 20.

1995

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996, no. 45.

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. 17.

2017

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

2018

  • Drawing in Tintoretto’s Venice, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018-2019, not in cat.

Bibliography

1973

  • Woodner Collection II: Old Master Drawings. William H. Schab Gallery, New York, 1973: no. 48.

1983

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection. Exh. cat. J. Paul Getty Museum, 1983: 46-47.

1986

  • Dibujos de los siglod XIV al XX: Coleccion Woodner. Exh. cat. Fundacion Amigos del Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1986: 60-61.

  • Meisterzeichnungen aus sechs Jahrhunderten: Die Sammlung Ian Woodner. Exh. cat. Dumont, Munich, 1986: 34-35.

  • Die Sammlung Ian Woodner. Exh. cat. Albertina, Vienna, 1986: 34-35.

1995

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996: 188-191, no. 45.

2018

  • Marciari, John.Drawing in Tintoretto's Venice. Exh. cat. Morgan Library & Museum, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018-2019.

Inscriptions

by later hand, upper right in graphite: 65; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: Mar 2; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 1399 / H 391 / W 259

Wikidata ID

Q64541063

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