Study for the figure of Martha in "the Raising of Lazarus", ca. 1517 – 1519

Title

Study for the figure of Martha in "the Raising of Lazarus"

Draughtsman

• Sebastiano del Piombo

Contractor, employer

• Giulio de' Medici

Production Place

• Rome

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• High Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Black pen, black ink and leadpoint (at the bottom edge of the shawl), highlighted with white, on blue paper, distance of chain lines (vertical) |25|25|46|47|25|

Material

• coal?
• chalk?
• ink?
• Indian ink?
• lead-tin alloy
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pencil drawing
• charcoal drawing?
• chalk drawing?
• pen drawing
• lead-pencil drawing
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• Venetian
• Florentine

Production Reason

• figure study
• composition study
• design for a painting

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet unten rechts (mit der Feder in Braun): k. 67, Paraphe der Sammlung John Somers, England (Lugt 2981); unten links Stempel der Sammlung Sir Joshua Reynolds, London (Lugt 2364); Trockenstempel der Sammlung Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (Lugt 2445); verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Main Motif

• Martha of Bethany
• woman
• man
• group of people

Persons Shown

• Martha of Bethany

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Lazarus of Bethany
• Jesus Christ
• Giulio de' Medici
• Raphael
• Michelangelo Buonarroti

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Johannes 11,39

Primary

• 11HH(MARTHA) the patroness of housewives, Martha of Bethany; possible attributes: aspergillum, broom, bunch of keys, dragon, ladle
• 31AA231 standing figure - AA - female human figure
• 31A2513 arm stretched sidewards

Secondary

• 44G15 witnesses

Associative

• 73C523 the raising of Lazarus ('Lazarus, come out')

Historic Attribution

• Michelangelo Buonarroti draughtsman