Two Nude Youths [recto]

c. 1565/1567

Federico Barocci

Associated Names
Federico Barocci

Artist, Italian, probably 1535 - 1612

There are two sketches of nude figures. On the right, a person is standing with crossed arms and tilted head. On the left, another figure is seated with one arm resting on a raised knee.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk heightened with white, contours (of standing figure) incised, on blue paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 40 x 27.4 cm (15 3/4 x 10 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1983.17.1.a

Associated Artworks

The image shows a drawing of a woman's upper body. She is positioned with her body slightly turned to the side and her head tilted downward with her eyes closed. Her facial features are softly sketched, with long hair flowing down her shoulders. She appears unclothed, with her upper torso and arms visible. Her left arm is drawn holding an ornate vase or container against her body. The background is a plain, textured surface, possibly a blue-tinted parchment.

Half-Length of Mary Magdalene [verso]

Federico Barocci

1565

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Stefan von Licht, Vienna (Lugt Supp.789b)(sale, Hugo Helbing, Frankfurt-am-Main, 7 December 1927, no. 90); Prof. Otto Benesch, Vienna; Private Collection, Stockholm; Edmund Pillsbury; NGA purchase in 1983.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1978

  • The Graphic Art of Federico Barocci, Selected Drawings and Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art and Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 1978, no. 18

1984

  • Correggio and His Legacy, Sixteenth-Century Emilian Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, and Palazzo della Pilotta, Parma (catalogue in Italian), 1984, no. 96, repro.

1988

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

2012

  • Federico Barocci: Renaissance Master of Color and Line, Saint Louis Art Museum, 2012-2013, cat. 2.3, repro.

2013

  • Barocci: Brilliance and Grace, National Gallery of Art, London, 2013, cat. 2.3, repro.

Bibliography

1955

  • Olsen, Harald. Federico Barocci, A Critical Study in Italian Cinquecento Painting. Stockholm, 1955: 117, under no. 14.

1962

  • Olsen, Harald. Federico Barocci. Copenhagen, 1962: 148-149, pl. 19b (recto), under no. 14.

1978

  • J.B. [Jacob Bean]. Review of The Graphic Art of Federico Barocci exhibition, in Master Drawings 16,no. 4, Winter, 1978: 452.

1991

  • McCullagh, Suzanne Folds. "Serendipity in a Solander Box: A Recently Discovered Pastel and Chalk Drawing by Federico Barocci," The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 17, no. 1, 1991, 64-65, fig. 16 (recto).

2000

  • McCullagh, Suzanne Folds. "Early Portraits, Portrayals, and Pastels in the Art of Federico Barocci," in Festschrift für Konrad Oberhuber, Achim Gnann and Heinz Widauer, eds., Milan, 2000: 169, 171, fig. 7 (verso).

Watermarks

Crossed arrows (cf. Briquet 6280-81)

Wikidata ID

Q64561223

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