New Giorgione drawing
February 18 2019
Picture: via The Australian
Exciting news that a previously unknown drawing by Giorgione has been discovered in Sydney. From The Australian:
The red-chalk drawing by Giorgione was found at the University of Sydney library, inside a 1497 edition of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy.
University of Melbourne emeritus professor Jaynie Anderson, an international expert on the elusive Renaissance painter, described the find as “astonishing” and estimated its worth to be “in the millions”. She said the discovery “transforms our understanding of Giorgione’s life and his relation to other artists”.
Sydney University librarian Kim Wilson made the discovery. She promptly asked Professor Anderson for advice on the red-chalk drawing in the light of its accompanying handwritten inscription in black ink.
There'll be more on the drawing in next month's Burlington Magazine.
The drawing represents a rare addition to poor Giorgione's ever-shrinking oeuvre - but will it be long before this too is attributed instead to early Titian?
