Two Male Nudes Gesturing in a Landscape

c. 1537

Domenico Beccafumi

Associated Names
Domenico Beccafumi

Artist, Sienese, c. 1485 - 1551

The image shows two nude males. One male is standing with raised arms and a muscular physique. The other male is seated on the ground, leaning slightly backward with one arm extended. Both have curly hair. The background includes a tree, sloping ground, and distant hills.

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Sotheby's London, 14 May 2002, no. 5); (Stanza del Borgo, Milan/Trinity Fine Arts, London); purchased 2003 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2004

  • Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005

Bibliography

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left in ink: 6; by later hand, lower left in plate: micarino Fec.

Wikidata ID

Q76338256

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