A Female Nude [verso]
1551 to 1600
![A Female Nude [verso] by Domenico Tintoretto](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/nga/thumb/a-female-nude-verso-nga-71379.webp)
Medium
black chalk on blue laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 34.7 x 23.6 cm (13 11/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1990.10.6.b
Art Historical Context
Domenico Tintoretto created this expressive study of a female nude during the late Renaissance, working within the vibrant artistic circles of Venice. As the son and collaborator of the celebrated painter Jacopo Tintoretto, Domenico carried forward the family workshop’s dynamic approach to the human figure. Created between 1551 and 1600, the drawing reflects the period’s growing interest in anatomical accuracy and naturalistic movement, skills essential for large-scale history paintings and altarpieces. Executed in black chalk on blue laid paper, the sheet demonstrates a technique favored by ...
About the Artist
Domenico Tintoretto
Son and assistant of the famous Venetian painter, Jacopo Robusti, called Tintoretto. He is known primarily as a portrait painter, although Domenico executed other subjects as well. Comment on works: religious, mythology, Portraits