Jacopo Tintoretto, Figure Study. Verso Drapery, Feet and Horse Leg 1568

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Description

Jacopo Tintoretto 1518 - 1594
Black chalk on heavy-laid paper
14.0 x 11.3 cm

Provenance: Private Collection Sydney, Australia. 
This work was from an estate sale and part of a significant collection of old master drawings purportedly from The Estate of the late Mary Elizabeth Fairfax (1922-2017).
Attribution: We would like to thank Mr John Marciari, Director of Curatorial Affairs, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, for attributing this work to Tintoretto. Mr Marciari is a world-renowned Tintoretto scholar.
About: There are only around two hundred known drawings by Jacopo Tintoretto, making this a work of significance. The recto drawing shows a sweeping heavenly figure, possibly a study sketch for Tintoretto's 1568 painting “The Descent into Hell”. The verso shows Drapery, Feet and Horse Leg. The drapery and feet are attributed to the studio of Tintoretto, whilst the horse leg is again the work of Tintoretto, with the styles of the two hands quite evident. This was not uncommon as the working drawings in the studio were not considered precious material, and the paper was often reused. Tintoretto was a Venetian painter who was a major force in the Italian Renaissance and beyond. Tintoretto and his workshop, along with Giovanni Bellini and his brother Gentile Bellini and their workshops, Giorgione, Titian, Paolo Veronese, Jacopo Bassano and his sons, were the major artists of the Venetian School, which shaped 16th-century Italian painting.

Price: $28,000.00

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