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Source Description
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.
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Document identity
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111053
label
Studies of Hands (recto); Sketch of a Child's Head (verso)
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obj
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drawing
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1
Source metadata
id
111053
contentType
drawing
title
Studies of Hands (recto); Sketch of a Child's Head (verso)
description
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.
date
c. 1586
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80003183
creators
26128
genreSpecific
Drawing
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 27.5 x 17.8 cm (10 13/16 x 7 in.)
cul
Italy, 16th century
accession
1929.549
Source extras
tec
charcoal (stumped in places) heightened with white chalk; black chalk with pen and brown ink
tombstone
Studies of Hands (recto); Sketch of a Child's Head (verso), c. 1586. Carletto Caliari (Italian, 1570–1596). Charcoal (stumped in places) heightened with white chalk; black chalk with pen and brown ink; sheet: 27.5 x 17.8 cm (10 13/16 x 7 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1929.549
collection
DR - Italian
inscriptions
inscription
(r) lower center, in brown ink: di Carlo Caliari / figlio di Paulo Verone.
v) in brown ink “Amor di meritrice. Carletto Calliari è matto”, “Aabcdeg”, “Amor di meritrice” and in another hand, in brown ink, “Aqueta 163”
didYouKnow
The inscription that identifies the artist in brown ink on this drawing is not a signature but rather an identification of the artist by a later hand, perhaps an owner of the drawing.
citations
citation
Francis, Henry. "'The Judgement of Paris,' a Drawing Attributed to Paolo Veronese." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>34, no. 7 (September 1947): 176-177.<br><br>Only <em>recto</em> side is reproduced.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 162; Mentioned: p. 177
citation
Marciari, John. "The Drawings of Veronese," in Brilliant, Virginia, et al. Paolo Veronese: A Master and His Workshop in Renaissance Venice. London, England: Scala, 2012.
page_number
p. 207, ill.
citation
Brilliant, Virginia, et al. Paolo Veronese: A Master and His Workshop in Renaissance Venice. London, England: Scala, 2012.
page_number
cat. 54, p. 207 (illus), 268.
creditline
Dudley P. Allen Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 11:27:00.590000
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111053
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Drawings
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DR - Italian
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charcoal (stumped in places) heightened with white chalk; black chalk with pen and brown ink
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male
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