Old Master & British Works on Paper
Old Master & British Works on Paper
Drawings from the Collection of Carlos Alberto Cruz
Venetian School, late 16th Century
Study of a man, seen from behind, stepping to the right, heavily draped
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July 8, 11:04 AM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description
Drawings from the Collection of Carlos Alberto Cruz
Venetian School, late 16th Century
Study of a man, seen from behind, stepping to the right, heavily draped
Black and white chalk on blue-green paper
267 by 194 mm
C.R. Rudolf, London,
his sale, London, Sotheby's, 21 May 1963, lot 15 (as Venetian School, 16th Century, Study for a Gondolier);
Denys Sutton, London,
Private Collection,
sale, London, Sotheby's, 3 July 2013, lot 23,
where purchased by the present owner
his sale, London, Sotheby's, 21 May 1963, lot 15 (as Venetian School, 16th Century, Study for a Gondolier);
Denys Sutton, London,
Private Collection,
sale, London, Sotheby's, 3 July 2013, lot 23,
where purchased by the present owner
D. Sutton, Tizian, Berlin/Munich 1963, p. 81 (as Titian);
T. Pignatti and M.A. Chiari, Tiziano, Disegni, Florence 1979, no. 46 (as Titian, c.1555);
D. Rosand, 'Titian Drawings: A Crisis of Connoisseurship?', Master Drawings, 19, 1981, p. 306, note 9;
H.E. Wethey, Titian and his Drawings, Princeton 1987, p. 226, no. X-12 (as Venetian or North Italian School, 17th Century);
M.A. Chiari, 'Disegni di Tiziano', Saggi e Memorie di storia dell'arte, 16, 1988, p. 66, no. A-8, fig. 110 (as attributed to Titian)
T. Pignatti and M.A. Chiari, Tiziano, Disegni, Florence 1979, no. 46 (as Titian, c.1555);
D. Rosand, 'Titian Drawings: A Crisis of Connoisseurship?', Master Drawings, 19, 1981, p. 306, note 9;
H.E. Wethey, Titian and his Drawings, Princeton 1987, p. 226, no. X-12 (as Venetian or North Italian School, 17th Century);
M.A. Chiari, 'Disegni di Tiziano', Saggi e Memorie di storia dell'arte, 16, 1988, p. 66, no. A-8, fig. 110 (as attributed to Titian)
According to Wethey (loc. cit.), the traditional attribution to Titian was accepted by Philip Pouncey. Other scholars have, however, doubted this, and the style of this drawing, with its slightly angular drapery, and also the rounded treatment of the head, seems, perhaps closest to the work of Jacopo Bassano. It is likely to be by an artist in that circle.