Image of Study of a male figure bending forward, c.1575-85 (black chalk by Tintoretto, Jacopo Robusti (1518-94)

Study of a male figure bending forward, c.1575-85 (black chalk & traces of white chalk...

IMAGE number: COU5948433
Image title: Study of a male figure bending forward, c.1575-85 (black chalk & traces of white chalk on blue laid paper)
Artist: Tintoretto, Jacopo Robusti (1518-94) / Italian
View Artist Bio
Location: The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Medium: Black chalk and traces of white chalk on blue laid paper
Date: c. 1575 AD - c. 1585 AD (C16th AD)
Dimensions: 25.1x20.1 cms

Image description: As his early biographer Carlo Ridolfi noted, Tintoretto loved to draw from the live model in all sorts of poses, endowing them with grace, inspired by sculpture, particularly that of Michelangelo. This is one such study, executed in Tintorettos preferred medium of black chalk on coarsely-fibred paper. The model could not have held this contorted position for long, and supports himself with a stick. He was probably also kneeling on a stool but Tintoretto chose not to represent this prosaic prop in his dynamic drawing.
Photo credit: Photo © The Courtauld / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: 16th century / anatomy / art / Tintoretto (1518-1594) / Italy / Europe / painter / artist / drawing / Sketch / study / muscle / muscular / body / pose / contorted / bend / man / model / male / Venetian school / mannerist / mannerism / nudity / monochrome / black and white / 16th century / c16

Leave the work to our dedicated Account Managers

License details

Your details

* First name

* Last name

* Email

* Phone

* Country

Message

Asset - General information

No Additional Copyright

Permissions

Permission required for UK product licensing - Please contact us

Usage restrictions from our Content Partners

Manipulation of the image, cropping and overlay of text forbidden

	Dimension [pixels]	Dimension in 300dpi [mm]	File size [MB]
Large	3920 × 4863 px	332 × 412 mm	24.2 MB
Medium	826 × 1024 px	70 × 87 mm	1.2 MB

Field	Search term	Example
Asset title	title:	title:pony
Asset title and keywords	~	~pony
Asset description text	description:	description:london
Agency prefix	prfx: or $	prfx:lal or $LAL
Asset id	imageid:	imageid:250297 or imageid:[2500 TO 4000]
Agency name	coll:	coll:history
Medium	medium:	medium:oil
Century	century:	century:20th
Keywords	kw:	kw:dog
Artist name	artist: or ?	artist:monet or ?monet
Artist nationality	??	??French
Creator ID	creatorid:	creatorid:37
Location	loc: or @	loc:exeter or @exeter
Classification	class: or #	class:57 or #57. Use # for unclassified assets
Year	year:	year:1850 or year:[1700 TO 1800]

Contact us for further help