Standing Male Nude Seen from Behind

c. 1590

Pietro Faccini

Associated Names
Pietro Faccini

Artist, Italian, c. 1562 - 1602

The image features a full-length drawing of a male figure viewed from the side. The man's pose is a three-quarter turn, with his weight on one leg and the other leg slightly bent. His facial features are defined, with a prominent nose and a strong jawline, and his hair is short and neatly styled. The man's body appears mostly nude, with drapery covering his back. There is no visible jewelry, and he is not holding any objects. The background is plain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    red chalk heightened with white chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jeffrey Horvitz

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 42.7 × 21.9 cm (16 13/16 × 8 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.180.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville [1680-1765] (Lugt 2951); (his sale, Paris, 18-28 January 1779, no. 113, as Bartolomeo Schedoni); The British Rail Pension Fund; (its sale, London, Sotheby's, 1 July 1991, no. 84); to Jeffrey Horvitz, Boston [inv. no. D-I-23]; (his sale, 23 January 2008, no. 55, unsold); gift to NGA, 2016

Associated Names

Bibliography

1996

  • Labbé, Jacqueline, and Lise Bicart-Sée. La collection de dessins d'Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville. Paris, 1996: 196, no. 1003.

Inscriptions

At lower right in pen and brown ink: Schidone; on the mount at left below the drawing by Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville, 1003 and his paraph; at center below the drawing, Scidone; on the mount at lower left, No.113. Doit O#; verso of mount at upper left in graphite, written in a more modern hand, Gavarni; verso, center: 12o47 [geometric figure] Doigt.

Wikidata ID

Q64619675

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