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Giorgione in Sydney

03/2019 | 1392 | 161

Pages: 190-199

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Anderson, Jaynie (Anderson, Jaynie)

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Sommerfeldt, Julie (Sommerfeldt, Julie)

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Wilson, Kim (Wilson, Kim)

Subjects

artists:

Giorgione / Bellini, Giovanni

collectors and dealers:

Grimani family / Isabella d’Este, Marquise of Mantua, 1474-1539

dates:

1470-1479 / 1480-1519

media:

Underdrawings / Drawings

museums and institutions:

University of Sydney Library

sources:

Vasari, Giorgio / Divine Comedy (Dante) / Landino, Cristoforo

styles:

Venetian School

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Attributions

works:

Adoration of the Magi by Giorgione (National Gallery, London) / The Holy Family ('The Benson Holy Family') by Giorgione (National Gallery of Art, Washington)

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. The verso of the last folio of a copy of Dante’s Commedia, Venice 1497, with an inscription in iron-gall ink and a drawing of the Virgin and Child in red chalk. 30.5 by 19.8 cm. (University of Sydney, Library, Inc.97.1).

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10. Infra-red reflectogram of the under-drawing of the painting illustrated in Fig.9. (National Gallery, London).

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11. View of Castel San Zeno, Montagnana, with a seated figure in the foreground, by Giorgione. Red chalk on paper, 20.3 by 29 cm. (Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam).

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12. Cupid bending a bow, attributed to Giorgione. c.1508. Red chalk on paper, 23.7 by 15.2 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).

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13. Detail of fol.iii recto of the volume illustrated in Fig.1.

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2. Below left Composite image of the watermark ‘Van Gelder’ in the flyleaves of the volume illustrated in Fig.1.

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3. Annotations of earlier sale or ownership in the volume illustrated in Fig.1.

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4. Detail of the the opening page of the volume illustrated in Fig.1, showing the accession number of the University of Sydney Library.

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5. Detail of Fig.1, showing the inscription.

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6. The Holy Family (‘The Benson Holy Family’), by Giorgione. c.1502. Panel, 37.3 by 45.6 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).

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7. Infra-red reflectogram of the painting illustrated in Fig.6, showing preliminary drawing executed with the point of a brush. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).

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8. Opposite Detail of Fig.1, showing the drawing of the Virgin and Child, here attributed to Giorgione. Red chalk, 14 by 9.5 cm.

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9. Adoration of the Magi, by Giorgione. c.1502. Panel, 29.8 by 81.3 cm. (National Gallery, London).

Attributed works:

Detail of fol.iii verso of the volume illustrated in Fig.1.

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