Costume Studies for Sophocles' "Oedipus Tyrannus" (recto); Costume Studies for Sophocles' "Oedipus Tyrannus" (verso)
about 1584–1585
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, with brown wash in the upper-right study only (recto); pen and brown ink (verso)
- Dimensions
- 21.3 × 30.3 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-205290
This sheet has been folded into eight equal sections, to accommodate at least one human figure in each. Although hastily sketched in ink, Paulo Veronese took care to consider the pose, gesture, and especially the dress. Multiple lines suggest the contours of fabric, and in one figure's dress--in the upper right--dramatic shading has been added. Veronese created these costume studies in preparation for the inaugural production of Sophocles' tragic play *Oedipus Tyrannus* at the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, which took place March 1585. Although he was not credited as the play's costume designer, the designs on this sheet were apparently consulted and incorporated. Inscriptions on the page identify the characters in the play. The repeated word "fatto", Italian for "made", indicates that the costumes were indeed created.
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Registry history
- about 1584–1585 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — drawings
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