Boy bending over and picking up an Urn

First third of the XVII century. Black chalk, Red chalk on yellow paper.
Not on display

This drawing depicts a boy bending over while holding a jug with both hands.

It is probably a preparatory drawing for a version of Wedding at Cana, although there is no documentary evidence proving that Cajés painted this subject.

Sánchez Cantón and Wethey attributed it to Carreño.

Museo Nacional del Prado, Catálogo de dibujos T. I. Dibujos españoles, siglos XV-XVII / por A. E. Pérez Sánchez, Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, 1972, p.43

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Inventory number: D000044
Author: Eugenio Cajés
Title: Boy bending over and picking up an Urn
Date: First third of the XVII century
Technique: Black chalk; Red chalk
Support: Yellow paper
Dimension: Height: 226 mm; Width: 131 mm
Provenance: Royal Collection

Bibliography +

Sánchez Cantón, Francisco Javier, Dibujos españoles, V, Hauser y Menet, Madrid, 1930, pp. 387.

Wethey, Harold, Alonso Cano's drawings, The Art Bulletin, 34, 1952, pp. 234.

Museo Nacional del Prado, Catálogo de dibujos T. I. Dibujos españoles, siglos XV-XVII / por A. E. Pérez Sánchez, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 1972, pp. 43.