Veronese
1528-1588
SS. Leonard, Mark, and Francis
ca. 1549-1551
11 3/8 x 8 1/4 inches (287 x 210 mm)
Pen and gray-black ink, gray-black wash, with white opaque watercolor, over black chalk, on gray prepared laid paper; inscribed arc at top.
I, 88
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
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Watermark: none.
If Schiavone, the Bassano, and Tintoretto all represent variations on one Venetian approach to drawing, Paolo Veronese represents another. His work as a draftsman encompasses whole categories of drawings that these others never produced, including refined drawings like this example. In contrast to the impressionistic looseness of drawings by Schiavone or Bassano, Veronese's SS. Leonard, Mark, and Francis is carefully plotted and executed, not a sketch at all but a refined, finished work. Most of these so-called chiaroscuro drawings by Veronese, including this sheet, are neither preparatory studies nor records of paintings, but rather finished drawings made as ends in themselves. -- Exhibition Label, from "Drawing in Tintoretto's Venice"
If Schiavone, the Bassano, and Tintoretto all represent variations on one Venetian approach to drawing, Paolo Veronese represents another. His work as a draftsman encompasses whole categories of drawings that these others never produced, including refined drawings like this example. In contrast to the impressionistic looseness of drawings by Schiavone or Bassano, Veronese's SS. Leonard, Mark, and Francis is carefully plotted and executed, not a sketch at all but a refined, finished work. Most of these so-called chiaroscuro drawings by Veronese, including this sheet, are neither preparatory studies nor records of paintings, but rather finished drawings made as ends in themselves. -- Exhibition Label, from "Drawing in Tintoretto's Venice"
Associated names
Lely, Peter, Sir, 1618-1680, former owner.
Lankrink, Prosper Henricus, former owner.
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830, former owner.
Mayor, William, 1826-1892, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, John Pierpont, 1837-1913, former owner.
Lankrink, Prosper Henricus, former owner.
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830, former owner.
Mayor, William, 1826-1892, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, John Pierpont, 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography
John Marciari, Drawing in Tintoretto's Venice, New York, 2018, no. 10, fig. 17, repr.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 88, repr.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 88, repr.
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