Training in an artist's workshop involved drawing from classical examples (sculptures and casts of them) and making drawings after paintings by the master and from life. Other pupils were often used as models because it was important that they practised portraying the individual parts of the human body and all its positions. The youth posing top left in this drawing looks straight at us., Training in an artist’s workshop involved drawing from classical examples (sculptures and casts of them) and making drawings after paintings by the master and from life. Other pupils were often used as models because it was important that they practised portraying the individual parts of the human body and all its positions. The youth posing top left in this drawing looks straight at us.
Specifications
| Title | Studies of a Young Man's Head and Ears |
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| Material and technique | Red chalk, heightened with white, on blue paper |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 256 mm Width 163 mm |
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| Artists |
Draughtsman:
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
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| Accession number | I 162 (PK) |
| Credits | Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1940 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1940 |
| Creation date | in circa 1745-1750 |
| Collector | Collector / Franz Koenigs |
| Internal exhibitions |
Tiepolo in Holland (1996) Tekeningen uit eigen bezit, 1400-1800 (1952) De Collectie Twee - wissel V, Prenten & Tekeningen (2009) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Technique |
Highlight
> Painting technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
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| Geographical origin | Italy > Southern Europe > Europe |
| Place of manufacture | Venice > Veneto region > Italy > Southern Europe > Europe |
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