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Bearded Saint holding a cross
(1500-1550)
Medium
red chalk heightened with white on brown paper
Measurements
20.0 × 16.5 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in pen and brown ink l.c.: 74.n
inscribed in pencil l.r.: Pordenone
stamped in purple ink l.c.: (NATIONAL GALLERY / OF VICTORIA) (in oval) (Lugt 1932g) (fragment)
inscribed in pen and ink (Jonathan Richardson's hand) on old mount l.c.: Pordenone
inscribed in pencil (R. C. Sticht's hand) on old mount l.l.: Giovanni Antonio Licinio / (called Pordenone) / 1483 – 1539
inscribed in pen and brown ink on old mount l.l.: 1484
inscribed in pen and red ink (Jonathan Richardson's hand) on reverse of old mount u.c.: L.63
inscribed in brown ink on reverse of old mount c.: gg.42 / L. 77 / BNB 60 / L 64. / BB. 53 / Zi 73 / Z 9
inscribed in pencil on reverse of old mount c.: Rj
inscribed in pencil (R. S. Sticht's hand) on reverse of old mount l.c.: R.S. 188 (in a circle)/Ldn V07 / jr (in a square) / s/e/□/Border of Richardson senr.
Accession Number
1278.721-3
Department
International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
beards Bible stories Christianity crucifixes crucifixions idealised portraits men (male humans) saints
Movements
Renaissance