Half-Length of Mary Magdalene [verso]

c. 1565/1567

Federico Barocci

Associated Names
Federico Barocci

Artist, Italian, probably 1535 - 1612

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.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk heightened with white 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.b

Associated Artworks

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.

Two Nude Youths [recto]

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, and Palazzo della Pilotta, Parma (catalogue in Italian), 1984, no. 96.

Inscriptions

upper left in brown ink, upside down: Barocci

Watermarks

Crossed arrows

Wikidata ID

Q64561224

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