Bishop Holding a Candle (recto); Draped Legs (verso)
1493
- Medium
- Brush and black ink and wash, heghtened with white opaque watercolor, on blue paper
- Dimensions
- 20.2 × 11.1 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-205287
The imposing figure of a bishop holding a long taper stick and climbing the stairs fills this slightly irregularly shaped drawing. As he mounts the stairs, the bishop turns to gaze sadly out at the viewer. After delicately drawing in the man's form with pen and brown wash, Vittore Carpaccio went over his long cape, beard, and pointed hat with fine lines of white bodycolor, giving a sense of shimmering texture to the drapery's deep folds. He made this drawing as a preparatory study for part of a painting, completed in 1493.
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Registry history
- 1493 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — drawings
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