A kneeling male figure seen from the rear

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A kneeling male figure seen from the rear

PeriodEarly 17th century

Classification(s)

Art / Drawings

Object TypeDrawing

Extent1 sheet

Registration NumberFAS/D/29

DescriptionThis is a preparatory figure drawing for a bigger composition. Depicting a young man on one knee in traditional florentine clothing as seen from the back lifting his right arm. Annotations and MarksOn verso, in brown ink, a oval and the word 'ovato' inscribed in the centre; on verso top right in pencil, '17' in a circle; on verso bottom centre right, in pencil, museum inventory number: '1669-70', 'FAS/D/29','D15.'Material

Graphite and white chalk heightening on laid paper

Technique

Drawing

DimensionsSupport: 28 x 21.2 cmProvenanceAcquired for the museum in 1933 from an unknown private collection in Malta. Published ReferencesM.A.R. (1933-34), p.xvi/M16, no. 51: Purchased by the Museum
Stefania Lumetta, I Grandi Disegni del National Museum of Fine Arts di Valletta, Malta. L'Acquisizione di Vincenzo Bonello negli anni di curatela 1933-34, unpublished thesis, Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Scuola di Specializzazione in Beni Storico Artistici, Università degli Studi di Genova, 2013; pp. 76-79

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