Putto Bending a Bow

Giorgione, 1477/78–1510

Artist

Giorgione (Italian, Castelfranco Veneto 1477/78–1510 Venice)

Date

1477/78–1510

Medium

Red chalk. Original sheet, 15.7 x 6.6 cm.; this has been made up (almost certainly by Pierre-Jean Mariette) to a sheet 23.7 x 15.2 cm. on which a base and a surrounding niche for the putto have been indicated in pen and brown ink, red chalk and brush and red wash

Size

6-3/16 x 2-5/8 in. (15.7 x 6.6 cm) original sheet 9-5/16 x 6 in. (23.7 x 15.2 cm)

Type

Drawings

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed