A Pearl Diver

c. 1570

Alessandro Allori

Associated Names
Alessandro Allori

Artist, Florentine, 1535 - 1607

The image shows a drawing of a person's upper body in a side profile view. The figure is seated and leaning forward with an elbow on a knee, supporting their chin with a hand. The facial features are partially depicted while facing away, with short, wavy hair. The person is minimally clothed with some drapery around the lower torso and legs. No jewelry or objects are shown, and the background is plain with light sketch marks.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of David E. Rust

  • Dimensions

    overall: 30.2 x 21 cm (11 7/8 x 8 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2005.147.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Samuel, Graf von Festetits, Vienna [1806 - 1862]. Friedrich Jacob Gsell, Vienna [1812 - 1871] (L. 1008), inv. no. 1041, as Michelangelo. Hans M. Calmann [1899-1982] (not in Lugt). David Rust; gift to NGA, 2005.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1976

  • Old Master Drawings from American Collections, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1976, no. 29.

1991

  • From Studio to Studiolo: Florentine Draftsmanship under the First Medici Grand Dukes, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College; Bowdoin College Museum o fArt; Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 1991-1992, 52-54, no. 1 (Larry Feinberg).

2008

  • Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 28.

Bibliography

1994

  • Pilliod, Elizabeth. Review of From Studio to Studiolo. Master Drawings, 32, no. 4, 1994: 391.

Inscriptions

by later hand, upper right verso in brown ink: 49; by later hand, upper center verso in brown ink: Alessandro Allori; by later hand, lower center in brown ink: Jos. Wimar(?) (remainder undeciphered); No. 1041 Michelangelo Buonurotti

Wikidata ID

Q64534022

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