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Three men, for a Christ among the Doctors c.1560-75
Pen, ink and wash, with white heightening, on blue paper | 29.5 x 21.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 905043

Attributed to Antonio Vicentino, called Tognone (c. 1542-c. 1617)
Three men, for a Christ among the Doctors c.1560-75
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A drawing of three men, two of whom are seated with books. A pair to RCIN 904816, both seeming to form parts of a composition of Christ and the Doctors. P. Pouncey (recorded in P&W) thought they must be copies, probably from a composition of Paolo Farinati, though no such composition by Farinati has been identified.
The distinctive wiry style of the drawing suggests an attribution of these two drawings to Antonio Vicentino, il Tognone (see RCIN 906678, apparently by the same hand, with an early ascription to that artist). A pupil of Battista Zelotti, Tognone had a short artistic career (c.1560–75), which he abandoned to become a soldier. His distinctive treatment of hands and feet can also be seen in a drawing of the Judgement of Midas in the National Galleries of Scotland (RSA 156). -
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Medium and techniques
Pen, ink and wash, with white heightening, on blue paper
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29.5 x 21.4 cm (sheet of paper)
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