DrawingsItalian16th-17th century

Nude Study for the Figure of Christ in "Saint Peter Receiving the Keys"

c. 1597-1601

Artists

Domenico TintorettoArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk on blue antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

16th-17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

28.2 x 15 cm (11 1/8 x 5 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Zaccaria Sagredo, Venice (with Sagredo inventory numbers I.T.no: 20 on verso and i.T.no: 10 on mount; Lugt 2103a], his nephew, Gherardo Sagredo, Venice, by descent. [H. Shickman Gallery, New York]. Private collection, New York. [Thomas Le Claire, Hamburg] sold 1994; to Vermeer Associates, Limited, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1997. Notes [1] The drawing may have been part of the large group of Sagredo drawings sold in Lyon c. 1919. [2] Drawing exhibited by Thomas Le Claire at W. M. Brady & Co., Inc., New York, "Master Drawings 1500-1900," January 11-29, 1994, no. 11, repr. [3] Drawing was on long-term loan to the Fogg, 1994-1997.