Three Figures

c. 1711

Donato Creti

Associated Names
Donato Creti

Artist, Bolognese, 1671 - 1749

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 23 × 17.5 cm (9 1/16 × 6 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2021.38.3.b

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Riccòmini 2012, no. 88.1v

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Associated Artworks

The image displays a person's seated three-quarter view. The subject is casually posed with one arm on the chair's back and the other arm bent. The person is drawn in profile, featuring lightly sketched facial characteristics like a nose and lips. The hair is styled upwards, potentially in a bun or elaborate updo. The individual is wearing a flowing garment, perhaps a robe or dress, reaching down to the feet, with pencil markings indicating folds and creases. The person is depicted wearing pointed shoes. No visible accessories or objects are depicted. The background is minimalistic, with textured shading highlighting the figure, lacking distinctive elements or scenery.

A Seated Man

Donato Creti

1706

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Trinity Fine Art, London). Private collection, London; (Maurizio Nobile, Paris); purchased 2020 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1990

  • Italian Old Master Drawings 1500 - 1800, Trinity Fine Art, London, 1990, no. 36.

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