Studies of Hands (recto) (c. 1586): Art, History and Details

Studies of Hands (recto) (c. 1586) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Carletto Caliari (Italian, 1570–1596).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

The talented second-born son of Italian Renaissance painter Paolo Veronese, Carletto Caliari assisted his father in the final years of the celebrated artist’s life. Successful Venetian painting studios were run as workshops, with staffs of trained apprentices working under a master’s supervision to simultaneously execute a multitude of commissions. Drawings such as this study of expressive hand gestures were used as reference materials to ensure stylistic consistency within the shop.

Object facts

• Title: Studies of Hands (recto)
• Date: c. 1586
• Creator attribution: Carletto Caliari (Italian, 1570–1596)
• Culture: Italy
• Type: Drawing
• Technique: charcoal (stumped in places) heightened with white chalk
• Dimensions: Sheet: 27.5 x 17.8 cm (10 13/16 x 7 in.)
• Collection: DR - Italian
• Department: Drawings
• Accession number: 1929.549.a

Collection credit

Dudley P. Allen Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Francis, Henry. "'The Judgement of Paris,' a Drawing Attributed to Paolo Veronese." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 34, no. 7 (September 1947): 176-177.

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