Drawing Sheet 6 D-E

Support

Dimensions:

22.5 x 34.2 cm

Cut edge(s):

None

Paper color:

Ivory, discolored to tan

Pinholes:

ULC, top center, LLC

    Additional notes:

Media visible around pinholes, along raised edges

Sewing holes:

Two in center 6.0cm and 16.8cm from top edge

Edges overlapping adj. sheet:

Top edge (7E)

Edges extending below adj. sheet:

Left, right and bottom edges

Edges abutting adj. sheet:

—

Media

Colored pencil:

Black, dark blue, blue-green, red and green

Charcoal:

Possibly, in face of St. Anthony contributing to the tonal qualities

Graphite:

—

Pastel:

—

Watercolor:

Brush and transparent red watercolor at center left and upper right in the checks of St. Anthony and below in his hands

Scratching:

Possibly in the face of St. Anthony, along lips

Additional media notes:

1 x .5cm dab of red oil paint at upper right

Composition

Drawing to sheet edges

All edges

Drawing into adjacent sheet:

Black crayon to all edges, except lower right edge; appears to be an absence of dark blue and red at right and left edges;

One drawn black line appears to extend up to figure in ULC into 5D, otherwise medium and composition appears slightly disconnected

Compositional changes:

St. Anthony’s left shoulder was enlarged over existing imagery

The beard and the eyes appear heavily reworked; the eyes of St. Anthony could have been originally open; there appears to be a change in the upper eyelid, though there is no visible iris/pupil (see IRR image)

In the upper left corner, the segmented/linear design passage (extending to the right of serpent?) is clearly drawn over pre-existing imagery of figures, what appear to be a continuation of imagery adjacent to it at the right

Artist’s patches:

—

Former restoration:

Center bottom edge

Drawing on verso:

—

Additional observations:

Analysis

Technique

Area/location

Results/observations

Ultra-violet radiation:

Infrared radiation:

6E, face detail

The eyes of St. Anthony could have been originally open; there appears to be a change in the upper eyelid, though there is no visible iris/pupil

Raman Spectroscopy:

X-Ray diffraction: