Drawing Sheet 8 E-F

Support

Dimensions:

22.2 x 34.5 cm

Cut edge:

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Paper type:

Ivory wove paper, discolored to tan

Pinholes:

Top corners

    Additional notes:

Sewing holes:

Vertically through center, 7.0 cm and 15.2 cm fro top edge

Edges overlapping adj. sheet:

Top edge (fragments on verso right top edge)

Edges extending below adj. sheet:

Left edge; possibly right edge

Edges abutting adj. sheet:

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Media

Colored pencil:

Black pencil is used to define the overall composition; applied prior to laying down color media

Dark blue pencil was used to create St. Anthony’s cloak overall

Greenish-blue pencil is applied to the lower ground layer overall and at the upper right to create the fish-like creature

Reddish orange pencil at right upper edge and possibly lower right area

Graphite:

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Pastel:

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Watercolor:

Light bluish gray gouache was applied over pencil media in center-left and upper center-left areas in St. Anthony’s cloak to create patches, as in 8D

A light purplish pink gouache is applied over the bluish gray gouache passage

White gouache on the tongue at the center right edge

Trace/stray mark of red watercolor at center right area

Scratching:

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Additional media notes:

Thick light orange paint/pencil in lower right corner, similar to that in 8A-D

**linear pattern in the greenish-blue pencil in the LLC appears to pick up the mounting adhesive pattern corresponding to that on the verso

Composition

Drawing to sheet edges:

Media extends to top, right and bottom edges; minimal colored pencil along left edge

Drawing into adjacent sheet:

The colored pencil generally relates across to 8D

Compositional changes/additions:

Possibly extends the robe drapery over the foreground

Artist’s patches:

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Former restoration:

Large loss that extends the upper right quadrant

Drawing on verso:

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Additional observations:

Analysis

Technique

Area/location

Results/observations

Photo microscopy:

LLC, recto & verso

Capture linear pattern in media corresponding to mounting adhesive on verso; normal & raking illumination

Ultra-violet radiation:

Infrared radiation:

Raman Spectroscopy:

X-Ray diffraction: