Studies of Female Nudes

1785/1790

Gaetano Gandolfi

Associated Names
Gaetano Gandolfi

Artist, Bolognese, 1734 - 1802

The image depicts two figures in a dynamic pose; one seen from the back with a slightly bent leg, and the other in profile. The left figure's hair is tied back, while the right figure is draped in flowing fabric. No explicit facial features are visible for the left individual, while the right individual's facial features are subtly suggested. The figures are partially covered with diaphanous cloth. The background is plain with gradations of shading.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jacques Petithory, Paris; Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1979

  • Zeichnungen Italienischer Meister aus den Sammlungen Schloos Fachsenfeld, Stiftung Ratjen Vaduz, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München, Kunstmuseum Lucerne, 1979, no. 37.

1995

  • Fünfzig italienische Zeichnungen des 16. - 18. Jahrhunderts aus der Stiftung Ratjen, Vaduz, Liechtensteinischen Staatlichen Kunstsammlung, Vaduz, 1995, no. 12.

2011

  • Italian Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1525-1835, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2011, no. 61.

Bibliography

1992

  • Bagni, Prisco. I Gandolfi: Affreschi, dipinti, bozzetti, disegni. Bologna(?), 1992: 364, no. 342.

1993

  • Cazort, Mimi. Bella Pittura: The Art of the Gandolfi. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, and The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock. Ottawa, 1993: 66, under no. 43.

1995

  • Biagi Maino, Donatella. Gaetano Gandolfi. Torino, 1995: fig. xxxvi.

2002

  • Turner, Nicholas. "La fusione dei media: la simbiosi tra disegno e pittura nell'opera dei Gandolfi." In Gaetano e Ubaldo Gandolfi: opere scelte. Exh. cat. Auditorium di San Lorenzo, Cento. Torino, 2002: 47, 96 (under no. 32), fig. 31.

2008

  • Benati, Daniele, ed. Il fascino dell'arte emiliana: dipinti e disegni dal XVI al XIX secolo. Exh. cat. Fondantico arte e antiquariato, Bologna. 2008: 112, 113 (under nos. 28, 29; entry by Donatello Biagi Maino).

  • Sotheby's, New York, Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture. 24 January 2008: 324, fig. 1 (under no. 112).

2010

  • Christie's, New York, Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Watercolors, Part I. 27 January 2010: 80, under no. 29.

  • Christie's, London, Old Master and 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Watercolours Day. 7 July 2010: under no. 325.

Inscriptions

verso, upper left, black chalk: G. Gandolfi; lower center, graphite: No 1

Watermarks

anchor in a circle surmounted by a six-pointed star and the letter P below [similar to Heawood 8]

Wikidata ID

Q64571004

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