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Baccio Bandinelli

Early Design for the Tomb of Pope Clement VII

Maker

Baccio Bandinelli (Italian, 1493-1560)

Title

Early Design for the Tomb of Pope Clement VII

Year

ca. 1534-1536

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink

Supports

Dimensions

Image: 35.4 x 21.4 cm (13 15/16 x 8 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription: Inscribed in pen and ink in an old hand below image: "Tomb of a Pope"; and "Baccio Bandinelli"

Numbered in pen and ink UR: "114"

Stamped with collector's mark of Peter Lely (1618-1680; Lugt 2092) and John Talman (1677-1726; Lugt 2462)

Verso: inscribed in graphite: "Gabbio [?] Coll."

Watermark: anchor in a circle (similar to Briquet no. 471; 44mm)

Marks: Talman's collector's mark, bottom center, Peter Lely's collector's mark, bottom right

Marks: Watermark: Anchor in a circle topped by a star (Briquet 477-496)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

51.507

Type

Publications

Exhibition History

Design and Description
Renaissance and Baroque Drawings
Jan 27, 2006 – Apr 09, 2006

Label copy

Baccio Bandinelli was a Florentine sculptor. His distinctive style of draftsmanship consisted of intricately interwoven hatch marks that emphasize three-dimensionality. This drawing is the artist’s first modello for the tomb of Pope Clement VII, which Bandinelli would later complete in sculptural form at the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome. The final version abandoned this design altogether: the somewhat unusual rendering of the human soul (here represented in innocent nudity at the composition’s center) was replaced with a more traditional triumphal arch motif.

This drawing bears the elaborate gilt mount of 18th-century English collector John Talman.

American Architects in Paris, 1900-1910
Feb 16, 1990 – May 20, 1990
Treasures on Paper
Drawings and Watercolors from the Permanent Collection
Jun 13, 1989 – Aug 19, 1989
Old Master Drawings
Sep 02, 1983 – Oct 16, 1983
Drawings and Prints of the First Maniera
Feb 22, 1973 – Mar 25, 1973

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Baccio Bandinelli (Italian, 1493-1560)
Early Design for the Tomb of Pope Clement VII, ca. 1534-1536
Pen and ink with traces of stylus
Image: 35.4 x 21.4 cm (13 15/16 x 8 3/8 inches)
Museum Works of Art Fund 51.507

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