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drawing
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sketch-book
Object Type
drawing
sketch-book
Museum number
1855,0811.43
Description
The Jacopo Bellini album: The Agony in the Garden, the kneeling Christ looking up at a chalice in a rocky landscape with three sleeping apostles below, the composition continued to the left-hand page of the opening, 1855,0811.42 verso Leadpoint Verso: A rider crossing a bridge across a stream with men and horses in the background, the composition continued from David in triumph on the right-hand page of the opening, 1855,0811.44 recto Leadpoint
Producer name
Drawn by:
Jacopo Bellini
School/style
Venetian
Production date
1440-1470
Materials
paper
Technique
drawn
Dimensions
Height:
415 millimetres
Width:
335 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
See 1855,0811.1 for a description of the volume. Lit.: C. Eisler, 'The Genius of Jacopo Bellini', New York, 1989, pls 193 (recto) and 38 (verso), Appendix B as 44r and v This drawing was issued as a coloured facsimile by the British Museum in 'Reproductions of Drawings by Old Masters in the British Museum', Part I, Published by the Trustees, in 1888 where it was number II and described there as 'Jacopo Bellini, Christ on the Mount of Olives: With Judas Iscariot Leading Out the Roman Soldiers from Jerusalem.'
Bibliographic references
Popham & Pouncey 1950 / The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries
(21)
Eisler 1989 / The Genius of Jacopo Bellini : The Complete Paintings and Drawings
(App.B.1(44))
Degenhardt & Schmidt 1968 continuing / Corpus der italienischen Zeichnungen 1300-1450
(721)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
agony in garden
mammal
Associated names
Representation of:
Jesus Christ
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
G B Mantovani
Purchased through:
Rawdon Lubbock Brown
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Anna Bellini
(?; will, 25 Nov. 1471)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Gentile Bellini
(?; will, 18 Feb. 1507)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Giovanni Bellini
(?)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Gabriele Vendramin
(probably)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Jacopo Soranzo
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Marco Cornaro, Bishop of Vicenza
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Avvocato Vecchia
(?)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Count Bonomo Algarotti
(?)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Bonetto Corniani
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Giovanni Maria Sasso
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Girolamo Mantovani
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Domenico Mantovani
Acquisition date
1855
Acquisition notes
See 1855,0811,a.1.
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1855,0811.43