Study of a Scene of Martyrdom or Punishment / Polidoro da Caravaggio / Circle of Polidoro da Caravaggio
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.494
- Title
- Study of a Scene of Martyrdom or Punishment
- Artist
- Polidoro da Caravaggio
- Artist Nationality
- Italian
- Artist Life Dates
- c. 1495-c.1543
- Medium and Support
- brown ink on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1525-1575
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Italy (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Italy (nation)
- Credit Line
- Joseph F. McCrindle Collection
- Style/Group/Movement
- Renaissance
- Dimensions
- 27.94 cm x 40.16 cm (11 in. x 15 13/16 in.)
- Century
- 16th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Physical Description
- This drawing represents seven nude men in a landscape with buildings indicated on a hill in the distance. One of the figures, represented full-length and in profile, is bound to a tree or stake on the left. All of the other men appear in half-length in the right part of the drawing. A bearded man sits and gestures in the direction of the bound man. Five other men appear around the seated figure, one of whom carries two long objects over his shoulder toward the man on the left.
- Subject Matter
- Although the exact subject of this scene remains unidentified, it clearly represents a martyrdom of a saint or the punishment of a criminal. The execution of the man who is bound on the left appears to be ordered by the seated figure on the right, who points toward him. The artist, Vincenzo Tamagni, worked in Raphael's workshop in Rome and received his own commissions in and around his hometown of San Gimignano. The drawing has not been linked to any of Tamagni's extant paintings or frescos, but the representation of the figures in the nude and the lack of details indicate that the drawing was a rough preparatory study for a larger finished work.
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3691 x 1938
- File Size
- 364 KB
- Record
- 2009/1.494
- Link to this Item
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"Study of a Scene of Martyrdom or Punishment; Polidoro da Caravaggio; Circle of Polidoro da Caravaggio." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2009-sl-1.494/2009_1.494.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 29, 2024.
