Seated Female Figure after the Antique

c. 1533

Baldassare Peruzzi

Associated Names
Baldassare Peruzzi

Artist, Italian, 1481 - 1536

The image shows a sketch of a person's upper body and part of the legs. The figure is seated with a bent posture, one arm resting on a bent knee, and the other arm positioned near the upper body. The sketch does not include detailed facial features or hair. The person's clothing is depicted through light drapery, and there are no visible jewelry or objects. The background is plain and textured, consistent with aged paper, and the sketch is enclosed within a simple border.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink on laid paper; laid down

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William B. O'Neal

  • Dimensions

    overall: 13.7 x 9.1 cm (5 3/8 x 3 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1988.69.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul Sandby, London (1725-1809) (Lugt 2112). William Bates, Birmingham, England (1824-1884) (Lugt 2604). Private collection (sale Sotheby's, London, 6 March 1973, no. 272; to "Dupont"); Seiferheld and Co., New York; William B. O'Neal [1907-1988], Charlottesville, VA, June 1973; gift to NGA, 1988.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1993

  • Drawings from the O'Neal Collection. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1993, 1.

1996

  • Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, Georgia Museum of Art, The University of Georgia, Athens, 4 May-16 June, 1996.

Bibliography

1978

  • Frommel, Christoph Luitpold. "'Disegno' und Ausführung: Ergänzungen zu Baldassare Peruzzis figuralem Oeuvre," in Kunst als Bedeutungsträger, Gedenkschrift für Günter Bandmann. Berlin, 1978: 240-242, fig. 19.

Inscriptions

upper right in brown ink: chop (Coppia?); by later hand on mount, lower center in brown ink: A: Caracci; inscriptions are visible on verso but not legible since sheet is laid down

Wikidata ID

Q64537115

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