Nude figure of a man seated holding a staff
Drawing
ca. 1580-1609 (made)
ca. 1580-1609 (made)
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Pen and ink on light brown paper, roughly squared in red chalk, depicting a nude male figure.
Object details
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| Title | Nude figure of a man seated holding a staff (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink on light brown paper, roughly squared in red chalk |
| Brief description | Pen and ink drawing by Annibale Carracci depicting a nude figure of a man seated holding a staff, against a background of trees and rocks. Italy, ca. 1580-1609. |
| Physical description | Pen and ink on light brown paper, roughly squared in red chalk, depicting a nude male figure. |
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| Credit line | Ionides Bequest |
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| Bibliographic reference | Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings, Volume Two: 17th-18th Century , London, 1979, p.32 , cat. n. 652, illus.
The following is the full text of the entry:
CARRACCI, ANNIBALE (1560-1609)
652
Seated male nude, holding a staff, against a background of trees and rocks
An inscription in ink along the right margin has been cut and is illegible; inscribed on the back of the mount in W. Esdaile's hand and signed with his initials (as in Lugt 2617) 'Robt Udny's Colln» 1803. P.27. N.54'
Pen and .ink on light brown paper; roughly squared in red chalk
9 7/8 x 7 5/8 (251 x 193) CAI.260
PROVENANCE ? Lelli (Lugt, Supplement 2852); R. Udny (Lugt 2248); W. Esdaile (Lugt 2617; possibly lot no 213 in the sale at Christie's, 19 June 1840, described as 'St. John; from Udney's Collection; by Annibale Carracci'); Ionides Bequest 1901 (Lugt 488)
LITERATURE Ionides Catalogue, p. 11 (as by Anmbale Carracci)
Perhaps a study for a St John in the Wilderness, or for a Paris in the Judgement of Paris. The drawing possesses some of the characteristics of Annibale's 'ugly' late style, as Wittkower calls it. Compare it, for example, with the drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds at Windsor Castle (inv. no. 2118; Wittkower, Windsor, p. 147, no. 356, fig. 50). Compare also a study for the figure of Polyphemus in the Louvre (inv. no. 7196: illustrated in the Catalogue of the Drawings in the Carracci exhibition Bologna, 1956, no. 166, pI. 56). |
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| Accession number | CAI.260 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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