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Description: | A reproduction produced by the Vasari Society of a drawing by Tintoretto. The drawing shows the head of a man seen from the right side, facing away from the viewing and looking downwards. The man has a beard and is wearing a round cap. He is set against a dark background and the details of his clothing are unintelligible.
Text from the accompanying booklet produced by the Vasari Society:
"No. 28
TINTORETTO (?)
(b. 1519; d. 1594)
STUDY OF AN OLD MAN'S HEAD
Collection of Edward Holland, Esq. (From the Skippe Collection.)
Black chalk on greenish-grey paper. 36 x 24.5 cm. (14 1/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
Criticism will probably be divided about this hitherto unknown drawing, which has been attributed to Tintoretto. The type of head is decidedly Tintoretto's; and though it may be objected that the definition of the cheek and eye-socket is harsh and unfeeling, and the modelling [sic] empty, this violence, the defect of a certain fire and largeness of manner, would surprise us less in the master than in a later follower; especially in the case of a hasty study not done from life nor for its own sake as a drawing. The drawing has been mutilated, and mended with patches of other paper.
LAURENCE BINYON."
Technique: REPRODUCTION
Technique: collotype (print)
Reproduction by the Vasari Society of a drawing by Tintoretto, Study of an Old Man's Head, (1932.69/28). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.104995 | Go to resource |
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