Image

Cesare Pollini

Workshop of an Artist, late 1500s - early 1600s

Description

Maker

Title

Workshop of an Artist

Year

late 1500s - early 1600s

Medium

Pen and ink, brush and wash, heightened with white on paper prepared with a red wash

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Supports

Dimensions

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

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Stamped with the Albertina mark (Lugt 5e?)

Type

Credit

Gift of Miss Ellen D. Sharpe

Object Number

50.307

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Design and Description

January 27 - April 9, 2006

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.

Use

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