Ascension of the Magdalene

late 1650s

Baldassare Franceschini

Associated Names
Baldassare Franceschini

Artist, Florentine, 1611 - 1689

This is a drawing of a classical figure with outstretched arms and a set of detailed sketches of hands below it. The primary figure in the drawing appears to be sketching the upper torso and head of a person seen from below and to the side. The figure's arms are extended wide. The drawing also contains multiple smaller sketches of hands in various gestures and positions. The artwork employs thin lines and subtle shading, using pencil or graphite on aged paper.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk heightened with white on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    Overall (approximate): 25 x 40 cm (9 13/16 x 15 3/4 in.)
    support: 29.5 x 43.2 cm (11 5/8 x 17 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.41.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collection (sale, Sotheby's, London, 3 July 1980, no. 32a, and mentioned in the Introduction); NGA purchase (via Yvonne ffrench) in 1980.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1986

  • Mosco, Marilena. La Maddalena tra Sacro e Profano, Da Giotto a De Chirco. Exh. cat. Palazzo Pitti, Florence, 1986, under no. 120.

Wikidata ID

Q64537110

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