A Male Nude, Half Reclining

1622/1624

Matteo Rosselli

Associated Names
Matteo Rosselli

Artist, Florentine, 1578 - 1650

The image is a sketch of a man lying on his back with his legs extended and left knee slightly bent. His right arm rests on the ground and left arm is bent with his hand on his abdomen. He has curly hair, closed eyes, and full lips. The man is muscular and is wearing a cloth covering his lower body. There are no visible jewelry or objects. The background is a lightly shaded surface with cross-hatching typical of a sketch.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private Collection, Paris. (Thomas Le Claire, Hamburg); Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1995

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

1996

  • Italian Drawings from the Ratjen Foundation, Vaduz. The Frick Collection, New York. Bern, 1996, no. 22.

2011

  • Italian Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1525-1835, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2011, no. 26.

Bibliography

1985

  • Thomas Le Claire Kunsthandel. Handzeichnungen alter Meister, 1500-1800. Hamburg, 1985: 30-31, no. 14.

2005

  • Monbeig Goguel, Catherine. Dessins toscans XVIe-XVIIIe siècles, Tome II, 1620-1800. Paris, 2005: 363, under no. 525.

Inscriptions

verso: upper center, brown ink (visible with transmitted light), M. Rosseli; verso of backing, cetner, graphite, 17

Wikidata ID

Q64608396

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