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Studies of a ram (recto)
Two swans (verso)

Maker

(artist)
1487-1564

Title

Studies of a ram (recto)
Two swans (verso)

Medium

black chalk (recto), black chalk, brown and grey wash (verso), on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 24.6 cm
Width: 20.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.453

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords




Buffaloes

Label Text

A member of Raphael's workshop, Giovanni da Udine may well have learned the techniques of still-life and animal painting from a Netherlandish colleague. He collaborated with Raphael on the ceiling frescoes in the Vatican loggia which were rich in animal imagery. This extraordinarily modern-looking image of a ram and buffalo, clearly observed from life, contrasts with Udine's more fanciful inventions.

Provenance

William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney (1835-1909); by descent to his wife, Margaret Susan Mitford (1835-1919); their estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 14 December 1921, lot 29 (with D.1952.RW.454 and 456); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (16 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Zuan da Udene furlano, Udine Castle, Udine, Italy, 11/06/2021-12/09/2021

Captured on Paper, Animals in the Prints and Drawings Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 20/06/2002-11/08/2002

Literature

Zvan da Vdene Fvrlano : Giovanni da Udine tra Raffaello e Michelangelo, Castello di Udine, 12 Jun.-12 Sept. 2021

ZVAN DA VDENE FVRLANO: Giovanni da Udine: tra Rafaello e Michelangelo, Udine 2020
pp. 52, 186
Illus. no. 187

Cecilia Ruggeri, Giovanni da Udine riparografo: alcune proposte per una "pittura di cose", Bollettino dei Monumenti Musei e Gallerie Pontificie 2016; 34
p. 254
Illus. no. 21 on p. 255 (recto, though listed as verso), no. 24 on p. 257 (verso, though listed as recto)
as by da Udine

Inscriptions

Inscription: none.

Collector's mark: none.

Watermark: none. Report in file (by whom - Peter Bower?): laid, cool paper tone. Furnish includes random hemp and black wool fibres. Random chain distances - paper unlikely to be related to D.1952.RW.454 and D.1952.RW.456.

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