/internal/media/dispatcher/28230/fullFAS/D/29A kneeling male figure seen from the rearArt / DrawingsEarly 17th century00Jacopo da EmpoliJacopo da Empoli21.2000000000This 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. 28.0000000000Acquired for the museum in 1933 from an unknown private collection in Malta. Support: 28 x 21.2 cmMUŻAReserve Collection1669-70HMZA 00294525020DrawingM.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 L'Acquisizione di Vincenzo Bonello negli anni di curatela 1933-34, unpublished thesis, Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Scuola di Specializzazione in Beni Storico Artistici, Università degli Studi di Genova, 2013; pp. 76-79Heritage Malta1304Graphite and white chalk heightening on laid paperDrawing