Images(3)

Male nude seen from the back

Artist Ubaldo Gandolfi Italian, Bolognese, 1728 - 1781

Date1763

Period18th century

Classification(s)

Art / Drawings

Object TypeDrawing

Extent1 sheet

Registration NumberFAS/D/810

DescriptionAn academic study of a male nude seen from the back, with the figure's left knee and hand on a boulder and the right hand leaning on a stick. Drawn from a live model by Bolognese artist Ubaldo Gandolfi in oiled chalk and white chalk heightening. Gandolfi masterfully used the varying thickness of the oiled black chalk outline, the black chalk shading, and the white chalk to accurately depict how the bright light coming from the left falls on the figure. Annotations and MarksOn recto bottom left in black chalk: 'Ubaldo Gandolfi del 1763' / 'Ubaldo Gandolfi fece 1763' (partly cut out at the bottom); Verso, in centre: unidentified circular collector's mark in red ink.Material

Black oiled chalk, with white chalk heightening on laid paper.

Technique

Drawing

Place of Manufacture

Italy

DimensionsSupport: 41.1 x 28.9 cmCuratorial RemarksWatermark: Letters 'PM' inside circle, surmounted by a trefoil on staff at top.ProvenancePurchased for the Museum in 1966.Published ReferencesM.A.R. (1966), p.15

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