drawing; sketch-book

Drawn by: Anthony van Dyck

1614-1641

paper; drawn

British Museum

Noli me tangere, after Titian; leaf from the Italian Sketchbook (containing 121 leaves) Pen and brown ink Verso: Lamentation, at top, after Titian; Mocking of Christ, at bottom, after Orazio Gentileschi Pen and brown ink See Curatorial comment for BM 1957-12-14-207.1.The recto drawing is after Titian's painting now at the Museo del Prado, inv.no.442 (partially destroyed in fire, only the head of Christ survives). The composition of the Lamentation at top verso resembles, in reverse, Giuseppe Solari's woodcut, W,5.61. While M. Jaffé states that the woodcut is after… Titian's design, Bury argues that the source for the composition mig