Drawing Sheet 5-E

Support

Dimensions:

22.5 x 17.2 cm

Cut edge:

Left edge

Paper type:

Ivory wove paper, discolored to tan

Pinholes:

Top center and bottom right edge

    Additional notes:

Sewing holes:

Possibly, partial at left edge

Edges overlapping adj. sheet:

—

Edges extending below adj. sheet:

All edges; minimal overlap along bottom edge--trace edge fragments along bottom edge are adhered to verso of 6E)

Edges abutting adj. sheet:

—

Media

Colored pencil:

Black pencil is used to define the overall composition; there are two different densities of black medium (one possible conté crayon), possibly applied to develop the image further and create tonal depth (differences most visible in UV)

Blue pencil is added over the black pencil in the lower area in the halo, and at the center left side in the feet of the hanging figure

Red pencil is added over the black pencil in the lower area, in the head of St. Anthony

Yellow pencil is faintly visible at the top center in nimbus, URC in flames and in center figure’s face

Graphite:

Graphite additions at lower center-left area in face over black pencil, to exaggerate facial features

Watercolor:

Touches of blue wash are visible in the figure’s face at the lower left (possibly pastel from restoration patch)

Pastel:

Green pastel at bottom in halo, likely extended from patch

Scratching:

Scratching may have been used along the sides to remove vertical compositional lines, corresponding to those in 4E (the exposed areas of paper may become more visible as the fixative discolored over time, and may not have been originally as light); some localized scratching is visible throughout in small areas and appears to be used to create highlights in the tonal composition

Additional media notes:

Black wash or black pencil may have been added to achieve tonal depth overall

Composition

Drawing to sheet edges:

Media extends to top, bottom (some edge loss, adhered to 6E top edge, verso) and right edges, but stops short of the left edge; some black pencil lines extend below overlap (red pencil absent below join)

Drawing into adjacent sheet:

Black pencil lines extend upward into 4E when edges are abutted;

Composition does not appear to extend across to 5D, but rather it appears to have been extended after joining;

All media correspond directly below

Compositional changes/additions:

The figure in the lower left area appears to be drawn with darker pencil over earlier composition; includes architectural elements about the halo and figural elements in the LLC

Artist’s patches:

—

Former restoration:

Fills center-left, bottom edge and lower center right edge

Drawing on verso:

—

Additional observations:

There is a darker tonal passage that runs vertically through the center of the composition and appears to correspond to compositional elements in 4E

Analysis

Technique

Area/location

Results/observations

Photo microscopy:

Ultra-violet radiation:

Overall

Strongly absorbs UV overall, except along left edge in area of former overlap; differences in black pencils accentuated

Infrared radiation:

Details of lower area

Assess compositional changes in St. Anthony’s head and figure at LL

Raman Spectroscopy:

X-Ray diffraction: