Satyr Holding a Roundel

1597/1600

Annibale Carracci

Associated Names
Annibale Carracci

Artist, Bolognese, 1560 - 1609

The image depicts a figure's upper half, including the torso and part of the head. The person is shown in a reclining position, with the torso twisted and head turned upwards to the side. The facial features are sketched with eyes, nose, and mouth visible, along with stylized hair or headgear. The figure appears unclothed, with no visible clothing details. Light sketching is shown around the figure, possibly hinting at faint outlines of other elements. The background is plain with the texture of the paper and scattered specks.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk on gray-blue paper

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 38.3 x 25.9 cm (15 1/16 x 10 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1978.44.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Armand Louis de Mestral de Saint Saphorin; Madeleine and Marguerite de Mestral; Rene de Cerenville; Nathan Chaikin, New York; David Daniels, New York, 1968 (sale, Sotheby's, London, 25 April 1978, no. 21); David Tunick for NGA, purchase in 1978.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1974

  • Sixteenth Century Italian Drawings: Form and Function, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 1974, no. 44.

1988

  • Italian Renaissance Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1988, no cat.

2023

  • Looking Up: Studies for Ceilings, 1550-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.

Bibliography

1974

  • Pillsbury/Caldwell 1974, 44.

Inscriptions

in later hand, upper right verso on mount: 5016 DANIELS; lower right verso on mount: Annibal Carrache / (Etude p[ou]r le Palais Farnese) / a Rome / In le Collection Armand Mestral/a Vienne/ ... a M.M...Tschana-de Mestral

Wikidata ID

Q64536072

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