Worship of the Golden Calf and Christ on the Mount of Olives

1775

Jean Claude Richard de Saint-Non after Jean-Honoré Fragonard after Jacopo Tintoretto

Associated Names
Jean-Claude-Richard, Abbé de Saint-Non

Artist, French, 1727 - 1791

Jean Honoré Fragonard

Artist After, French, 1732 - 1806

Jacopo Tintoretto

Artist After, Venetian, 1518 or 1519 - 1594

The image is an artwork featuring two main sections. In the upper section, there are sketches of three men and a figure resembling a bull on a platform. One man stands on the right, partially nude with a cloth around his waist. The other two men are on the left, interacting with each other and the structure. In the lower section, there are three figures; two are reclined on a rocky surface, draped in fabrics, and another figure is seated looking to the right. The figures are presented in a fluid, classical art style with soft facial features and distinct hair. The background is plain, highlighting the figures and their clothing.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching [counterproof] reworked in brown wash on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Christian Humann Foundation

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 18.6 x 13.2 cm (7 5/16 x 5 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.128.37

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cayeux 1963, no. 268

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Galerie Cailleux, Paris); purchased by Christian Humann; The Christian Humann Foundation, Paris, 1981; gift to NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1963

  • Cayeux Jean de. "Introduction au catalogue critique des griffonis de Saint-Non." Bulletin de la Société de l'histoire de l'art français, 1963: pp. 297-384. Paris: F. de Nobele, 1964. Separately published. Paris Librairie Armand Colin, 1964.

Inscriptions

center left in pen and brown ink: Tintoret Eglise della madona del orto a Venise.; lower left in pen and brown ink: Tintoret Scuola di San / Rocco a Venise.; lower right in pen and brown ink: fragonard.

Wikidata ID

Q75125840

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