Standing Female Figure (St. Anne; Cartoon for a Painting)

Vittore Carpaccio Italian

Not on view

This extremely rare work is the only known cartoon (full-scale drawing) by a Venetian Renaissance artist. Carpaccio presumably made the drawing for the figure of Saint Anne in his painting Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple (1502–4; Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan), originally part of a cycle dedicated to the Life of the Virgin in the Scuola degli Albanesi in Venice. Carpaccio carefully and expressively modeled the forms in the drawing with brush and wash to create a sculptural effect. He then pricked the outlines with a sharp point and rubbed the rows of closely spaced holes with charcoal dust to transfer the design to the painting surface. Numerous changes of outline in the charcoal underdrawing attest to the artist's creative process.

Standing Female Figure (St. Anne; Cartoon for a Painting), Vittore Carpaccio (Italian, Venice 1460/66?–1525/26 Venice), Pen and brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash, over charcoal underdrawing; outlines pricked for transfer, on two glued sheets of paper with overlapping joins

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Standing Female Figure (St. Anne; Cartoon for a Painting), Vittore Carpaccio (Italian, Venice 1460/66?–1525/26 Venice), Pen and brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash, over charcoal underdrawing; outlines pricked for transfer, on two glued sheets of paper with overlapping joins
Standing Female Figure (St. Anne; Cartoon for a Painting), Vittore Carpaccio (Italian, Venice 1460/66?–1525/26 Venice), Pen and brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash, over charcoal underdrawing; outlines pricked for transfer, on two glued sheets of paper with overlapping joins
Standing Female Figure (St. Anne; Cartoon for a Painting), Vittore Carpaccio (Italian, Venice 1460/66?–1525/26 Venice), Pen and brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash, over charcoal underdrawing; outlines pricked for transfer, on two glued sheets of paper with overlapping joins
Standing Female Figure (St. Anne; Cartoon for a Painting), Vittore Carpaccio (Italian, Venice 1460/66?–1525/26 Venice), Pen and brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash, over charcoal underdrawing; outlines pricked for transfer, on two glued sheets of paper with overlapping joins
Standing Female Figure (St. Anne; Cartoon for a Painting), Vittore Carpaccio (Italian, Venice 1460/66?–1525/26 Venice), Pen and brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash, over charcoal underdrawing; outlines pricked for transfer, on two glued sheets of paper with overlapping joins
Standing Female Figure (St. Anne; Cartoon for a Painting), Vittore Carpaccio (Italian, Venice 1460/66?–1525/26 Venice), Pen and brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash, over charcoal underdrawing; outlines pricked for transfer, on two glued sheets of paper with overlapping joins
Standing Female Figure (St. Anne; Cartoon for a Painting), Vittore Carpaccio (Italian, Venice 1460/66?–1525/26 Venice), Pen and brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash, over charcoal underdrawing; outlines pricked for transfer, on two glued sheets of paper with overlapping joins
Standing Female Figure (St. Anne; Cartoon for a Painting), Vittore Carpaccio (Italian, Venice 1460/66?–1525/26 Venice), Pen and brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash, over charcoal underdrawing; outlines pricked for transfer, on two glued sheets of paper with overlapping joins
Standing Female Figure (St. Anne; Cartoon for a Painting), Vittore Carpaccio (Italian, Venice 1460/66?–1525/26 Venice), Pen and brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash, over charcoal underdrawing; outlines pricked for transfer, on two glued sheets of paper with overlapping joins

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