This figure is dressed in a large cloak and holds a staff or stick in his left hand. He leans his right elbow on some sort of platform or support and rests his head on his hand. The gesture suggests thoughtfulness or a meditative attitude, and Dr. Hoffmann-Samland has compared it to that of the man who appears in Juan de Valdés Leals Allegory of Salvation (Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum),who reads devoutly from a large book and holds a rosary to his brow. His hair is long and dishevelled, and there is an additional note of realism in the representation of the wrinkled forehead as he pushes it up with his index finger.
The chalk is applied more softly than in the other drawings in this group, but the same pronounced diagonal hatching and a similar interest in modeling the large forms of the drapery in light and dark makes it clear it is by the same hand. The zigzag lines on the edge of the large fold of drapery in the center of the sheet are unique to this drawing. This sheet forms part of the second group of studies, made on white paper.

Gabriele Finaldi

Details zu diesem Werk

• Beschriftung

  Beschriftung fremd: Auf dem Verso nummeriert: "69" (Bleistift, unterstrichen)

• Provenienz

  [José Atanasio Echeverría]; Julian Benjamin Williams, Seville (d. 1866); John Wetherell (?) (d. 1865); Horatio/Nathan Wetherell (?) (until 1874); Frederick William Cosens, London (from 1874 to 1890); Sotheby's, London, auction of the property of Frederick William Cosens (from November 11 to 21, 1890); Bernard Quaritch Ltd., London (from November 1890 to July 1891); acquired by the Hamburger Kunsthalle (July 14, 1891).

• Bibliographie

  The Spanish Gesture. Drawings from Murillo to Goya in the Hamburger Kunsthalle, Jens Hoffmann-Samland, with contributions by María Cruz de Carlos Varona, Gabriele Finaldi, José Manuel Matilla u. a., 2014, S. 259, Abb., Abb.-Nr. , Kat.-Nr. 183

  La colección de dibujos españoles en el Museo de Hamburgo, August Liebmann Mayer, 1920, S. 132-133, Abb.-Nr.

  Die Spanischen Handzeichnungen in der Hamburger Kunsthalle zu Hamburg, August Liebmann Mayer, 1918, S. 115, Abb.-Nr.

  Spanische Zeichnungen von El Greco bis Goya, Wolf Stubbe; Hamburger Kunsthalle, 1966, Abb.-Nr. , Kat.-Nr. 210

  El dibujo español de los Siglos de Oro, Pérez Sánchez; Ministerio de Cultura, Dirección General del Patrimonio Artístico, Archivos y Museos, 1980, Abb.-Nr. , Kat.-Nr. 267

  A Corpus of Spanish Drawings, vol. III Seville School 1600 to 1650, Angulo Íñiguez and Pérez Sánchez; Herausgeber: Harvey Miller Publisher, 1985, Abb. S. pl. LXVIII, Abb.-Nr. , Kat.-Nr. 238

  Spanische Kunst von Greco bis Goya, Hugo Kehrer, 1926, S. 219-221, Abb.-Nr.