Portrait of a man, bust length (recto); Study of a draped woman (verso)

Details

Carlo Caliari, called Carletto Veronese (Venice 1570-1596)
Portrait of a man, bust length (recto); Study of a draped woman (verso)
with inscription in brown ink 'S 17 Lapis' (verso)
black and colored chalks (recto); black chalk (verso)
10 ¾ x 8 ¾ in. (27.5 x 19.5 cm)

Provenance

The artist's studio.
Benjamin Sonnenberg, New York (1901-1978).

Exhibited

Poughkeepsie, Vassar College, Centennial Loan Exhibition: Drawings and Watercolors from Alumnae and their Families, 1961, no. 24 (as Leandro Bassano).
New York, Byron Gallery, 400 Years of Italian Art for the benefit of the Florentine Relief Fund. 15th through 18th Century Sculpture, Drawings, Ceramics, Jewelry, 1967, no. 4 (as Leandro Bassano).

Lot Essay

The son of Veronese was specialized in small portrait drawings of gripping realism. The present one stands out for his extensive use of colored chalks and finds a close comparison in the portrait of Paolo Paruta (National Gallery of Ireland, inv. 2715), which similarly was previously attributed to Leandro Bassano. The inscription 'lapis' written on the verso characterizes drawings coming from the Caliari family studio, as argued recently by Bert Meijer (Il disegno veneziano del Cinquecento (1580-1650), Venice, 2017, p. 98).

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