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Description: | A reproduction produced by the Vasari Society of a drawing by Andrea del Sarto. The sketch is in red chalk, and shows the Madonna in the centre, holding up a child. Another young figure is at her shoulder. All three figures have halos. Some loosely sketched brickwork can be seen behind the trio, on the left hand side.
Text from the accompanying booklet produced by the Vasari Society:
"No. 5
ANDREA DEL SARTO
(b. 1486; d. 1531)
SKETCH FOR A MADONNA AND CHILD WITH ST. JOHN
British Museum, 1912-12-14-1. From the Heseltine Collection. Red chalk.
28.6 x 18.9 cm. (11 1/4 x 7 7/16 in.).
This magnificently powerful sketch, one of the very finest by the master's hand, shows his first idea for the once famous fresco painted by him at the height of his powers for a niche in the wall near the Jesuit convent outside the Porta a Pinti. The painting has long been ruined and can now be studied only in copies. The main features of the design remained the same as in the drawing though the attitudes of both children were slightly changed.
[Berenson, Drawings of the Florentine Painters, vol. i, pp. 184, 185, and Catalogue No. 138; Original Drawings by Old Masters of the Italian School, forming part of the collection of J. P. H., 181, No. 3.]
S. C."
Technique: REPRODUCTION
Reproduction by the Vasari Society of a drawing by Andrea del Sarto, Sketch for a Madonna and Child with Saint John (1933.398). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.105268 | Go to resource |
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