Collection Highlights
Cake board
Date:
1825-1835
Object Number:
1937.1562
Medium:
Wood (possibly mahogany)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sketch After Veronese's "Martyrdom of Saint Justina", Padua, Italy
Object Number:
1935.85.2.96
Date:
1875
Medium:
1935.85.2.96A: Recto: Graphite and crayon on ivory paper.
Verso: Graphite on ivory paper.
1935.85.2.96B: Recto: Graphite and goache(?) on brown paper.
Verso: Graphite on brown paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 5/8 x 3 7/16 in. (6.7 x 8.7 cm)
Inscriptions:
1935.85.2.96A:
Recto: Inscribed in graphtie at upper center: "Splendid Veronese at Padua / Myrterdom[sic] of Sta Giustina"
1935.85.2.96B:
Recto: Inscribed in graphite at lower right: "CB"
Verso: Inscribed in graphite at upper left: "Tintoretto"; at lower left: "Sunday May 23rd 75"
Description:
Drawing from a bound album of 308 tipped in works by Beckwith.
1935.85.2.96A:
Recto: Study from Veronese's Martyrdom of Saint Justine.
Verso: Oriented vertically, partial graphite sketch of two men (soldiers?). A detail of recto?
1935.85.2.96B:
Recto: Patio scene at a pier
Verso: Graphite sketch of a woman laying down (has a halo?)
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
