Leaning figure of an oarsman with a pole: 2247

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Leaning figure of an oarsman with a pole
A sketch of the same figure

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Tintoretto, Jacopo (Jacopo Robusti)

Entities

Drawing

Notes

History note: Ricketts and Shannon

Legal notes

The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937

Measurements and weight

Height: 185 mm
Width: 251 mm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood

School or Style

Italian
Venetian School

Materials used in production

Brown ink
Charcoal

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( blue)

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Recto: brush and brown ink, worked over charcoal verso: brush and brown ink on blue paper

Inscription or legends present

Text: G. Tintoretto
Location: Upper right
Method of creation: Brown ink

Text: 12
Location: Verso
Method of creation: Graphite

References and bibliographic entries

The Drawings of the Venetian Painters of the 15th and 16th Centuries page(s): 279
I Disegni di Jacopo Tintoretto page(s): 61

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: 2247
Primary reference Number: 7942
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 7 June 2022

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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