Sleeping Male Nude, perhaps for the Drunkenness of Noah

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Paris Bordone

Title

Sleeping Male Nude, perhaps for the Drunkenness of Noah

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1550

Medium

Black and white chalk on light brown paper

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, on old mount, lower left, in pen and brown ink: "P. Veronese"; verso, upper left and lower left, in pen and brown ink: "No 138 P. V."; lower left, in pen and brown ink: "91"; upper right, in pen and brown ink: "R. R. 79."; center right, in pen and light black ink: "Let the name on the/other side show"; lower right, in graphite: "Voir L. (attrib. Bassano) / no d ordre 5297 (Tietze 100–Bassano) / “ “ 5293 (Tietze 189–Bassano) / “ “ 5299 (Tietze 190–Bassano) / –même papier. encadrement plume même / encre (avec bavures)–même pierre noire"

Dimensions

23.8 × 28.8 cm (9 3/8 × 11 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray

Reference Number

2022.66

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