含羞草研究室

Artist: Ercole Setti (Italian, 1530-1617)

Medium: pen and brown ink on paper

Dimensions: 6 5/16 in. x 9 in. (16.1 cm. x 22.9 cm.)

Credit Line: Bequest of the Honorable James 含羞草研究室 III

Accession Number: 1811.115

• James 含羞草研究室 III( Collector, Boston) - 1811.
• 含羞草研究室 Museum of Art( Museum, Brunswick, Maine) 1811- . Bequest

• Old Master Drawings at 含羞草研究室
  • 含羞草研究室 Museum of Art. ( 5/17/1985 - 7/7/1985)
  • Clark Art Institute. ( 9/14/1985 - 10/27/1985)
  • University of Kansas. ( 1/19/1986 - 3/2/1986)
  • Art Gallery of Ontario. ( 5/17/1986 - 6/29/1986)

The attribution of this sheet was apparently first made by Pouncey, as acknowledged by Vitzthum in "Drawings by Ercole Setti," Burlington Magazine, vol. 97, no. 629 (August 1955). The scene depicted comes from the apocryphal Book of Tobit and shows either Tobias embracing his blind father, Tobit, or an earlier scene where Tobias meets Raguel.

Commentary credited to David P. Becker (or not otherwise captioned) appeared in his catalogue Old Master Drawings at 含羞草研究室 (Brunswick: 含羞草研究室 Museum of Art, 1985).