ANNIBALE CARRACCI (CIRCLE OF) (Bologna 1560-1609 Rome)
ANNIBALE CARRACCI (CIRCLE OF)
(Bologna 1560-1609 Rome)
Seated Male Nude, with Arm Raised.
Red chalk on cream laid paper. 195x144 mm; 7¾x5¾ inches. Inscribed "Sa. di Verona" in ink, lower right recto.Provenance: Private collection, New York.This drawing of an ignudo is most likely a study for a figure in a ceiling fresco. It recalls figures in Carracci's fresco cycle The Loves of the Gods, 1597-1608, in the Palazzo Farnese, Rome, and other fresco cycles by the artist and his workshop.
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ANNIBALE CARRACCI (CIRCLE OF)
(Bologna 1560-1609 Rome)
Seated Male Nude, with Arm Raised.
Red chalk on cream laid paper. 195x144 mm; 7¾x5¾ inches. Inscribed "Sa. di Verona" in ink, lower right recto.Provenance: Private collection, New York.This drawing of an ignudo is most likely a study for a figure in a ceiling fresco. It recalls figures in Carracci's fresco cycle The Loves of the Gods, 1597-1608, in the Palazzo Farnese, Rome, and other fresco cycles by the artist and his workshop.
