drawing
- Museum number
- 1907,0717.37
- Description
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A mythological subject; in the middle a youth (Hercules/Prometheus?) in violent movement, surrounded by nude figures (Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto ?); the nude figure seated at right seen from behind, Cerberus in bottom left corner.
Oil, on blue paper
- Production date
- 1577-1637
- Dimensions
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Height: 279 millimetres
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Width: 193 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- See 1907-7-17-34 and 36.
1907-7-17-1 to 90 is a so-called sketchbook, dismembered after its acquisition in 1907. A Title Page inscribed in brown ink is at the beginning of the series.
Lit.: E.M. Phillipps, 'Tintoretto', London, 1911, pl. LX (as Jacopo Tintoretto); F.P.B. Osmaston, 'The art and genius of Tintoret', 2 vols, London, 1915, II, p. 163 (as Jacopo Tintoretto); H. Tietze and E. Tietze-Conrat, 'The Drawings of the Venetian Painters in the 15th and 16th Centuries', New York, 1944, no. 1526/36, p. 265; A. Forlani, in exh. cat. Florence, Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe, 'Mostra di disegni di Jacopo Tintoretto e della sua scuola', 1956, under no. 66, p. 41; P. Rossi, 'Per la grafica di Domenico Tintoretto. II', "Arte Veneta", 38, 1984, p. 70, n. 10
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1907
- Acquisition notes
- 1907,0717.1 to 90 have been extracted from a XVIIc album with the title 'Disegni di Giacomo Tintoretto raccolti in Roma dall'Eccmo Sig. Don Gasparo d'Haro e Guzman, Marchese del Carpio .... e nel 1682 eletto Vice Re e Capitano Gnle del Regno di Napoli.' The album covers survive and are kept in the Stationary Cupboard.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1907,0717.37
