Christ Enthroned c.1500-20
Brush and blue ink with white bodycolour, over black chalk, on blue paper | 31.6 x 22.2 cm (whole object) | RCIN 912823
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A careful brush drawing of Christ holding an orb with both hands, seated on a throne, the supports in the form of sphinxes. Inscribed in a later hand on the verso: 'Gian: Bellino.' The intended purpose for this study is unknown.
Brush and ink darwings on blue paper were common in Venice and the Veneto by the end of the fifteenth century – a similar study by Montagna executed in the same materials, of a full length male figure, is in the Ashmolean, Oxford (Parker 25); another comparable study of the Risen Christ by Montagna was sold by Christie’s, New York, 23 March 2002, lot 21.
Provenance
Royal Collection c.1802, listed in George III’s ‘Inventory A’, c.1800-20, p. 14, ‘Albert Durer e Maestri Antichi Div:si’ no.15 to 19 : ‘Sitting figure of a Man holding a Globe’.
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Brush and blue ink with white bodycolour, over black chalk, on blue paper
Measurements
31.6 x 22.2 cm (whole object)
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