Les divers pourtraicts et figures IX

c. 1600

Master AD

Associated Names
Master AD

Artist, French, active c. 1600

This is a drawing of four figures in various dynamic poses. The image is divided into four arch-shaped sections, with each section showing a muscular figure wearing feathered headdresses and skirts. The figures are depicted in mid-action, holding objects like a club, shield, or spear. The drawing style shows influences of renaissance or mannerist art, using hatching and cross-hatching for depth and texture. The composition is theatrical and vivid, conveying a sense of movement and vitality through the energetic poses of the figures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 5 × 14.4 cm (1 15/16 × 5 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.1.137

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Nagler Mon., no. 401

  • Series Title

    Les divers pourtraicts et figures: pl.9

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1858

  • Nagler, G.K. Die Monogrammisten und diejenigen bekannten und unbekannten Kunstler aller Schulen .... 5 vols. Munich: G. Franz, 1858-1879. Reprint. Munich: G. Hirth's Verlag, 1919.

Wikidata ID

Q65081126

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