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Seated youth (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1494-1557
1494-1557
Title
Seated youth (recto)
Date of Production
(circa) 1520
Medium
charcoal, with remnant of a black ink framing line along lower edge, the main contours incised (recto), red chalk (verso) on laid paper, with extensive stains as signs of use in a workshop
Dimensions
Height: 40.5 cm
Width: 28 cm
Width: 28 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.92
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
This informal life study by the Florentine painter Pontormo shows a boy, dressed in artisan's clothes, who was probably a workshop assistant. The characteristically unfinished head, with hollow eye sockets, indicates that Pontormo was interested in the pose of the figure rather than any notion of a portrait. Pontormo outlined the boy's body with a confident and fluid line, which flattens the figure in contrast to the solid three-dimensionality of the stone plinth.
Notes
The apprentice or 'garzone' on the recto is not related to any known work but is simply a studio portrait, as commonly done by Pontormo. The figure of St Jerome on the verso is preparatory for the 'Madonna and Child between Saint Jerome and Saint Francis of Assisi' in the Uffizi.
Provenance
Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (1769-1830), L.2445 (blindstamped, lower left); ceded by his executors to Samuel Woodburn, London (1786-1853), 1835; Woodburn estate sale, Christie’s (London), 4-8 June 1860, lot 21 (one of 10 drawings); purchased there by Sir Thomas Phillips (1792-1872); by descent to his grandson, Thomas Fitzroy Fenwick (1856-1938); purchased from the Fenwick estate by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978), 1946; Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Exhibition History
Mantegna to Matisse - Master Drawings from The Courtauld Gallery, The Frick Collection, New York, 02/10/2012-27/01/2013
Mantegna to Matisse - Master Drawings from The Courtauld Gallery, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/06/2012-09/09/2012
Special Display - Looking at Michelangelo, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 11/02/2010-06/06/2010 ...More
About Time, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 24/02/2000-30/05/2000
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 16/10/1991-19/01/1992
Mantegna to Cezanne - Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 24/02/1983-19/06/1983 ...Less
Mantegna to Matisse - Master Drawings from The Courtauld Gallery, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/06/2012-09/09/2012
Special Display - Looking at Michelangelo, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 11/02/2010-06/06/2010 ...More
About Time, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 24/02/2000-30/05/2000
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 16/10/1991-19/01/1992
Mantegna to Cezanne - Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 24/02/1983-19/06/1983 ...Less
Literature
Joannides, Paul, 'Revival or Continuity? Three Turns about Pontormo', Artibus et Historiae no. 71, 2015, pp. 91-112
pp. 106, 108
figs. 20 (verso) and 21 (recto) on p. 106
Mantegna to Matisse - Master Drawings from The Courtauld Gallery, Frick Collection, New York and Courtauld Gallery, London London 2012-2013
cat. no. 11
ill. on p. 76 (verso), p. 77 (recto)
dated c. 1520
Costamagna, Philippe, 'The formation of Florentine draftsmanship: life studies from Leonardo and Michelangelo to Pontormo and Salviati' in 'Master Drawings', October 2005 - pp. 274-91; 43, 3
pp. 286-87 ...More
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1991
cat. no. 57
pp. 122, 188
pp. 123 (recto), 188 (verso)
dated c. 1525
Farr, Dennis, 100 Masterpieces from the Courtauld Collections, London: Courtauld Institute Galleries, 1987
p. 134
Fig. p. p. 135
entry author: David Eskerdjian, dated c. 1525
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
cat. no. 34
p. 23
ill. on p. 40 (recto only)
Scrase, David, Review of 'Drawings at the British Museum. London' in 'The Burlington Magazine', May 1983 - pp. 300, 307-08; 125, 962
p. 308
Cox-Rearick, Janet, The drawings of Pontormo: a catalogue raisonné with notes on the paintings, New York, 2nd ed., 1981
pp. x, pp. 10n26, 53, 54, 57 226, 231, 248, 255 and no. 222 on p. 232 and no. 254 and p. 357-5
fig. 243
dated c. 1522-25
Shearman, John, 'Review: The drawings of Pontormo by Janet Cox Rearick' in 'The Art Bulletin', 1972; LIV
p. 211
Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 128
Cox-Rearick, Janet, The drawings of Pontormo, Cambridge, MA 1964
pp. 10n26, 53, 54, 57 226, 231, 248, 255 and no. 222 on p. 232 and no. 254
fig. 243
Cox-Rearick, Janet, 'Early drawings by Bronzino' in 'Master Drawings', 1964; II, 4
pp. 366-67
Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, SW7, London 1959; II
no. 92
pls. XLIX, L
dated c. 1521-25
Mostra del Pontormo e del primo manierismo fiorentino, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 24 March - 15 July 1956, 1956
p. 27 under no. 41
Berenson, Bernard, The drawings of the Florentine painters, Chicago and London 1938
no. 1957a
Popham, A.E., Catalogue of drawings in the collection formed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, now in the possession of his grandson T. FitzRoy Phillipps Fenwick of Thirlestaine House Cheltenham, London 1935
p. 83
pl. XXXVIII (verso)
Borenius, T., Vasari Society, 2nd series, 1931; XII
no. 8 ...Less
pp. 106, 108
figs. 20 (verso) and 21 (recto) on p. 106
Mantegna to Matisse - Master Drawings from The Courtauld Gallery, Frick Collection, New York and Courtauld Gallery, London London 2012-2013
cat. no. 11
ill. on p. 76 (verso), p. 77 (recto)
dated c. 1520
Costamagna, Philippe, 'The formation of Florentine draftsmanship: life studies from Leonardo and Michelangelo to Pontormo and Salviati' in 'Master Drawings', October 2005 - pp. 274-91; 43, 3
pp. 286-87 ...More
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1991
cat. no. 57
pp. 122, 188
pp. 123 (recto), 188 (verso)
dated c. 1525
Farr, Dennis, 100 Masterpieces from the Courtauld Collections, London: Courtauld Institute Galleries, 1987
p. 134
Fig. p. p. 135
entry author: David Eskerdjian, dated c. 1525
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
cat. no. 34
p. 23
ill. on p. 40 (recto only)
Scrase, David, Review of 'Drawings at the British Museum. London' in 'The Burlington Magazine', May 1983 - pp. 300, 307-08; 125, 962
p. 308
Cox-Rearick, Janet, The drawings of Pontormo: a catalogue raisonné with notes on the paintings, New York, 2nd ed., 1981
pp. x, pp. 10n26, 53, 54, 57 226, 231, 248, 255 and no. 222 on p. 232 and no. 254 and p. 357-5
fig. 243
dated c. 1522-25
Shearman, John, 'Review: The drawings of Pontormo by Janet Cox Rearick' in 'The Art Bulletin', 1972; LIV
p. 211
Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 128
Cox-Rearick, Janet, The drawings of Pontormo, Cambridge, MA 1964
pp. 10n26, 53, 54, 57 226, 231, 248, 255 and no. 222 on p. 232 and no. 254
fig. 243
Cox-Rearick, Janet, 'Early drawings by Bronzino' in 'Master Drawings', 1964; II, 4
pp. 366-67
Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, SW7, London 1959; II
no. 92
pls. XLIX, L
dated c. 1521-25
Mostra del Pontormo e del primo manierismo fiorentino, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 24 March - 15 July 1956, 1956
p. 27 under no. 41
Berenson, Bernard, The drawings of the Florentine painters, Chicago and London 1938
no. 1957a
Popham, A.E., Catalogue of drawings in the collection formed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, now in the possession of his grandson T. FitzRoy Phillipps Fenwick of Thirlestaine House Cheltenham, London 1935
p. 83
pl. XXXVIII (verso)
Borenius, T., Vasari Society, 2nd series, 1931; XII
no. 8 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: none evident, though paper quality and numerous repairs make it difficult to see clearly.
Inscription: Recto: upper right edge, graphite, lot in Woodburn's sale (21) and number of drawings in that lot (10): “21/10”. Verso: lower left edge, graphite, modern hand: “1414”; lower right edge, red chalk: “Pont[...]” and below that in light brown ink (now obscured by handling edges), cut off by the edge: “Jaca[…] da P[…]”; lower right corner, on small square of paper adhered to corner, graphite: "10". Other red chalk marks at upper right and left corners are not inscriptions.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, blindstamped: Sir Thomas Lawrence (L.2445).
Inscription: Recto: upper right edge, graphite, lot in Woodburn's sale (21) and number of drawings in that lot (10): “21/10”. Verso: lower left edge, graphite, modern hand: “1414”; lower right edge, red chalk: “Pont[...]” and below that in light brown ink (now obscured by handling edges), cut off by the edge: “Jaca[…] da P[…]”; lower right corner, on small square of paper adhered to corner, graphite: "10". Other red chalk marks at upper right and left corners are not inscriptions.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, blindstamped: Sir Thomas Lawrence (L.2445).
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