Sleeping Male Nude, perhaps for the Drunkenness of Noah

Provenance

Unknown collector, England, late 18th century [signature mount, with inscription "P. Veronese"]. With Christie's, New York, Jan. 24, 2001, lot 13 (bought in). Sold by François Borne, to Richard and Mary L. Gray, Chicago, Sept. 2009 (promised to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2019); given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2022.

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, on old mount, lower left, in pen and brown ink: "P. Veronese"; verso, upper left and lower left, in pen and brown ink: "No 138 P. V."; lower left, in pen and brown ink: "91"; upper right, in pen and brown ink: "R. R. 79."; center right, in pen and light black ink: "Let the name on the/other side show"; lower right, in graphite: "Voir L. (attrib. Bassano) / no d ordre 5297 (Tietze 100–Bassano) / “ “ 5293 (Tietze 189–Bassano) / “ “ 5299 (Tietze 190–Bassano) / –même papier. encadrement plume même / encre (avec bavures)–même pierre noire"

Exhibition history

Art Institute of Chicago, Gray Collection: Seven Centuries of Art, Sept. 25, 2010–Jan. 2, 2011, cat. 7 (ill.). Art Institute of Chicago, Pure Drawing: Seven Centuries of Art from the Gray Collection, Jan. 25–Oct. 12, 2020; traveled to Berkeley, UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Aug. 4–Nov. 28, 2021.

Quick Overview

Artist: Paris Bordone / Italian, 1500–1571
Date: c. 1550
Medium: Black and white chalk on light brown paper
Dimensions: 23.8 × 28.8 cm (9 3/8 × 11 3/8 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: drawings (visual works)
Place: Italy
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray
Accession no.: 2022.66

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.