File:Drawing, Page of a sketchbook; Zeuxis painting Helen; Ecce Homo, ca. 1590 (CH 18117851-2).jpg

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English: Drawing, Page of a sketchbook; Zeuxis painting Helen; Ecce Homo, ca. 1590   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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English: Drawing, Page of a sketchbook; Zeuxis painting Helen; Ecce Homo, ca. 1590
Description
English: Vertical rectangle. Recto: the available space is nearly filled with the figures of Christ, Pilate, two soldiers and a crowd. A man and part of the temple in the background, left. At the right edge, part of the framing line of another design. Verso: horizontally: Zeuxis sits in the center of a room, painting. At left is a platform with a girl posing. It is surrounded by two seated girls and a standing one. The latter combs her hair. The fifth girl watches Zeuxis at work. An old man apparently grinds colors at a table in the right foreground. Caption: "Apollo ? s. fanciuli." "Apollo" has been struck out and "Zeusi" written under it. Below framing line, near the lower edge part of the upper framing line of another design.
Date circa 1590
date QS:P571,+1590-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium

verso: bistre, pen and ink, wash on paper

recto: bistre, pen and ink, gray wash on paper
Dimensions 9.9 × 7 cm (3 7/8 × 2 3/4 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1901-39-2651
Credit line Museum purchase through gift of various donors
Notes
  • Type: Drawing
  • Inscribed: Verso: Apollo (?) s. fanciuli; Zeusi
  • Country: Netherlands
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