Vittore Carpaccio
Italian, c. 1460-c. 1526
Study of Two Kneeling Clerics (recto); Study of Standing Youth (verso)
INV-1136
Vittore Carpaccio
Italian, c. 1460-c. 15261507/08
Study of Two Kneeling Clerics (recto); Study of Standing Youth (verso)
Vittore Carpaccio Italian, c. 1460-c. 1526 →pen and ink drawingsdrawings (visual works)
Date
1507/08
Medium
Pen and black ink, with black chalk, heightened with white gouache (recto), and pen and black and brown ink, with touches of black chalk, heightened with white gouache (verso), on blue laid paper
Dimensions
19.5 × 25.2 cm (7 11/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Helen Regenstein Collection
The Venetian master of narrative painting in the early 16th century, Carpaccio relied on drawings such as this one to study and refine individual figures, which would later be incorporated into his complicated painting cycles. This sheet is related to a painting in the Sala del Gran Consiglio in the Doge's Palace, Venice.