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Seated nude girl

Drawing
1702-88 (made)
Artist/Maker
Norris, Richard (architect)
Zuccarelli, Francesco (artist)
Place of origin
Italy (made)

Drawing.


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleSeated nude girl (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Charcoal heightened with white body-colour and red chalk on grey paper
Charcoal
Red Chalk
Grey Paper
Brief description
Drawing, Seated nude girl, seen from the front, by Francesco Zuccarelli (1702-88). Removed from one of two albums containing 294 measured drawings, tracings, sketches, and engravings of Italian buildings, architectural details, sculpture, decoration, antiquities, chiefly at Rome, including a series of drawings of the Pantheon. Some of the drawings are by Richard Norris ( -1792), to whom the volumes, which contain his book-plate, belonged; but many are by other hands including Charles-Louis Clérisseau (1721-1820) and Giuseppe Manocchi (1731-1782). The volumes are lettered at the back, “Sketches taken in Italy 1769”.
Physical description
Drawing.
Dimensions
  • Length: 377mm
  • Width: 245mm
Style
Italian School
Bibliographic reference
Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings Volume II. 17th-18th century, London, 1980, p. 184. The text is as follows: ZUCCARELLI, FRANCESCO (1702-88) 1198 Seated nude girl, from the front Signed with the artist’s monogram ‘FZ’ Charcoal heightened with white body-colour and red chalk on grey paper 14 7/8 x 9 5/8 (377 x 245) E.1476-1914 PROVENANCE Richard Norris (d. 1792); bought 1914) This sheet and no. 1199 were formerly mounted in one of the two albums belonging to Richard Norris which are described under no. 1042 (Manocchi).
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1476-1914

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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