Baldassare Franceschini
1611-1689
Two Bust-Length Studies of Male and Female Nudes, and Additional Studies of Hands and Feet. Verso: nine sketches
10 5/8 x 16 3/8 inches (272 x 415 mm)
Black and white chalk, on paper; trials in brush, brown and red-brown wash; verso: black chalk, one sketch with white chalk.
1980.31
Purchased as the gift of Rowland Burdon-Muller, Mr. and Mrs. James R. Houghton, and Jeanette Watson Sanger.
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Watermark: crown surmounted by a star (Heawood 1120).
Preparatory for the figures of strength and victory in the central fresco "The Glorification of Vittoria della Rovere" on the vault of the Sala delle Allegorie, Pitti Palace, Florence, executed before 1658. A finished study for the whole composition is also in the Library's collection (Acc. No. 1976.35; Gift of János Scholz).
Preparatory for the figures of strength and victory in the central fresco "The Glorification of Vittoria della Rovere" on the vault of the Sala delle Allegorie, Pitti Palace, Florence, executed before 1658. A finished study for the whole composition is also in the Library's collection (Acc. No. 1976.35; Gift of János Scholz).
Associated names
Burdon-Muller, Rowland, donor.
Houghton, James R., donor.
Houghton, James R., Mrs., donor.
Sanger, Jeanette Watson, Mrs., donor.
Houghton, James R., donor.
Houghton, James R., Mrs., donor.
Sanger, Jeanette Watson, Mrs., donor.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Nineteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, p. 191-192.
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