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Marco Tullio Montagna

Scenes from the Life of Saint Joseph, ca. 1630-1631

Description

Maker

Marco Tullio Montagna, fl. 1618-1640, Italian

Title

Scenes from the Life of Saint Joseph

Year

ca. 1630-1631

Medium

pen and brown ink and wash over graphite on laid paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Supports

paper

Dimensions

26.5 x 53.7 cm (10 7/16 x 21 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed on verso in 17th-century hand: " Ill...Illus:mo et Reve:mo Sig.re et Pn / Marco Tulio Montagna" with several "I" to the left; at center right: "Io Marco Tulio Montagna"

Watermark: pilgrim (?) in a three-pointed shield

Type

Credit

Gift of Miss Ellen D. Sharpe

Object Number

50.305

Projects & Publications

Publications

Old Master Drawings from the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Exhibition History

Design and Description

January 27 - April 9, 2006

Montagna drafted this compositional study for one wall of his fresco cycle depicting the life of St. Joseph, which he executed for the Oratory of S. Giuseppe dei Falegnami in Rome between 1631 and 1637. In the tradition of Renaissance painters such as Michelangelo, Montagna used illusory architectural elements to order the narrative sequence of his composition, which proceeded counterclockwise around the oratory. The narrative vignettes should thus be read from right to left: the Annunciation and Adoration of the Shepherds at right, and Joseph’s Dream coupled with the Flight into Egypt at left.

Treasures on Paper

June 13 - August 19, 1989

Old Master Drawings

September 2 - October 16, 1983

Italian Drawings from the Museum's Collection

March 17 - April 16, 1961

Italian Drawings of the 16th Century--18th Century, Recently Acquired

October 22, 1952 - January 6, 1953

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