The Pointing Monk, from Andrea del Sarto
Andrea del Sarto (Florence 1486 - Florence 1530)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1862
Materials
Cardboard, Pencil, Tracing paper
Measurements
162 mm (H)68 mm (W)71 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 872775
Summary
Pencil drawing on tracing paper (figure drawing); a man in a wide simple dress with a large cowl, seen from its back, slightly turned to the left, pointing to the left.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1962 and given to NT as part of the endowment by Montagu Brownlow Parker (1878-1962), 5th Earl of Morley.
Marks and inscriptions
bottom left; 'Andrea del/ Sarto'
Makers and roles
Andrea del Sarto (Florence 1486 - Florence 1530), painter Margaret Holford, Countess of Morley (1855-1908), artist