Tintoretto, Fragment of Sala dell’Albergo ceiling decoration, Scuola de
San Rocco, Venice
,
1565
–
67
“It seems as if one is looking at a thing of père Cézanne, painted in casein. The
grain of the canvas is much in evidence and one feels how the brush, agile and
hurried, acts with the rather liquid pigment.
There is no varnish whatsoever. Perhaps the coat of varnish was added after the
canvas was put up in position? Perhaps one worked slightly with glazes in the
fresh varnish to harmonize once the thing was done?”
Notes on color scattered over the drawing: “Earth-red with accent of pure
vermilion. Orpiment yellow. Cold neutral tone. Green warm and transparent.
Blue-grey identical to that of père Cézanne.”
*
* This and subsequent quotes and commentary are from Jean Charlot’s
translation and annotation of Rivera’s handwritten notes in the margins of his
sketches. See
Jean Charlot: Diego Rivera in Italy
, Magazine of Art, January,
1953
.
