Venetian, 15th century

Half-length portrait of a youth looking upwards, ca. 1500

Blatt: 354 x 255 mm

Physical Description: Black chalk, painted over with brush, on ribbed laid paper tinted grey-brown, distance of chain lines (vertical) |40|39|41|41|39|39|

Inventory Number: 453

Object Number: 453 Z

Acquisition: Acquired in 1842

Status: Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

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About the Work

This painstakingly executed drawing by a hitherto unknown Venetian master from about 1500 probably served as a preliminary study for a large-scale painting. The headgear, a beretto, reveals that it is not the depiction of a saint we see here, but the portrait of a donor or other accompanying figure directing his gaze upward in devotion. The emphatic handling of light and dark colour values lend the portrait an almost sculptural effect.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Half-length portrait of a youth looking upwards

Draughtsman

Venetian, 15th century

Period Produced

School

Renaissance

Object Type

drawing

Physical Description: Black chalk, painted over with brush, on ribbed laid paper tinted grey-brown, distance of chain lines (vertical) |40|39|41|41|39|39|

Material

Technique

Geographic Reference

Venetian

Production Reason

Captions Added Later: Bezeichnet unten rechts (von fremder Hand, mit der Feder in Braun): A D 1594[?, unleserlich]
Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

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