A Saint Standing on a Beach

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Dimensionsh x w: Mått 30,4 x 22,3 cm

Inventory numberNMH Anck 266

AcqusitionPurchase 1896

Other titlesTitel (sv): Manligt helgon, knäböjande mot vänster, bakom honom en kvinna, vid hans fötter ett flammande svärd Titel (en): A Saint Standing on a Beach

DescriptionDescription: No watermark. Inscribed verso in an 18th century hand in pen and grey ink: No 64. "Carletto Caliari" (struck out) "Lisandrino di Milano". Provenance: M.G. Anckarsvärd ; A Michelson ; K. Michelson ; Acquired by the museum in 1896 This and the next drawing are both of the same, unidentified, saint with clearly recognizable attributes: a cloud, a burning sword, a woman and a sea-shore. The drawings present the theme in two completely different versions, probably suggestions for an altar-piece. Their style is closest to that of Diziani´s late work, where the sweeping lines à la Pellegrini and Giovanni Battista Tiepolo have given way to a manner in which the lines are interrupted more frequently. The similarities in style, format, technique and material with the preceding number suggest that all three sheets are more or less contemporaneous; they may even be parts of a single commission. [Bjurström, It. Drawings, cat. no. 184]

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MaterialRed crayon (Crayon), Ink, Paper

TechniqueDrawing, Wash drawing

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