drawing
- Museum number
- 1861,0810.5
- Description
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Portrait of an unknown bearded man, with moustache, in profile to left; wearing a wide collar
Brush drawing in brown wash
- Production date
- 16thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 220 millimetres
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Width: 164 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Acquired as by Veronese. Now placed as Venetian XVIc.(?)
A related painting, probably also a copy, is in the Musée Magnin, Dijon (Brejon de Lavergnée no. 135, as Venetian School XVIIc.(?)). The original after which both works are copied is unknown.
Lit.: .F.H. Meissner, 'Paolo Veronese', Bielefeld, 1897, p. 60 (as Veronese); P.H. Osmond, 'Paolo Veronese : his career and work', London, 1927, p. 104 (as Veronese); G. Fiocco, 'Paolo Veronese : 1528 - 1588', Bologna, 1928, p. 141 (as close to G.B. Tiepolo); H. Tietze and E. Tietze-Conrat, 'The Drawings of the Venetian Painters in the 15th and 16th Centuries', New York, 1944, no. A 2093, p. 345 (reject Veronese attribution); A. Brejon de Lavergnée, 'Dijon, musée Magnin, Catalogue des tableaux at dessins italiens', Paris, 1980, under no. 135, p. 132 (with further literature)
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1861
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1861,0810.5