Cesare Pollini

Workshop of an Artist

Maker

Cesare Pollini (Italian, ca. 1560-ca. 1630)

Title

Workshop of an Artist

Year

late 1500s-early 1600s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

wash technique

Supports

Dimensions

10.2 x 21.3 cm (4 x 8 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Stamped with the Albertina mark (Lugt 5e?)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Miss Ellen D. Sharpe

Object Number

50.307

Type

Provenance

. . . Albertina, Vienna. Lugt 174.

. . . - 1950, Collection of A. Sims, London. According to dealer, Herbert N. Bier.

1950, Purchased by Ellen D. Sharpe, Providence, RI (represented by Herbert N. Bier, London) from A. Sims, London.

1950. Gift to the RISD Museum from Ellen D. Sharpe, Providence, RI.

Publications

Exhibition History

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

Label copy

This sketch by the Perugian artist Cesare Pollini offers a rare glimpse into the late Renaissance workshop. A master painter sits at center right, at work upon a large

canvas depicting the Virgin and Child in Glory above saints. The canvas is positioned diagonally from the picture plane. On the other side of the canvas, to the left of center, sit the students, who practice sketching from antique sculpture, represented by the numerous plaster, wax, or bronze casts shown on the upper level of the studio.

Old Master Drawings
Sep 02, 1983 – Oct 16, 1983
Italian Art in Celebration of Rhode Island’s Italian Festival; Seven Centuries of Italian Art
CRIA Benefit Exhibition
Apr 12, 1967 – May 21, 1967
Italian Drawings from the Museum's Collection
Mar 17, 1961 – Apr 16, 1961
Italian Drawings of the 16th Century--18th Century, Recently Acquired
Oct 22, 1952 – Jan 06, 1953

Image use

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Tombstone

Cesare Pollini (Italian, ca. 1560-ca. 1630)
Workshop of an Artist, late 1500s-early 1600s
Pen and ink, brush and wash, heightened with white on paper prepared with a red wash
10.2 x 21.3 cm (4 x 8 3/8 inches)
Gift of Miss Ellen D. Sharpe 50.307

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