Allegorical Figure of Purity with a Unicorn and Putto (recto); Study of a Nude Boy (verso)

Baldassarre Franceschini (il Volterrano)  (Italian, Volterra 1611–1690 Florence)

Date:
1642
Medium:
Red chalk on beige paper
Dimensions:
15-5/8 x 10-5/16 in. (39.7 x 26.2 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1969
Accession Number:
69.172
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: Numbered in graphite at lower right corner of recto, 67.

  • Provenance

    Hans M. Calmann- from a large album of 16 & 17 century drawing

  • References

    J. Patrick Cooney Drawings by 11 Volterrano for Three Decorative Projects Master Drawings. 12, 1974, cat. no. no. 4, fig. no. verso pl. 39a, pp. 373-74, ill.

    Jacob Bean Drawings Recently Acquired, 1969-1971. Exh. cat., New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 18 - April 16. . New York, 1972, cat. no. 19, p. 8.

    Jacob Bean, Lawrence Turcic 17th Century Italian Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1979, cat. no. 182, fig. no. 182, pp. 142-44, ill.

    James Byam Shaw The Italian Drawings of the Frits Lugt Collection. I, Paris, 1983, cat. no. 372, p. 368.



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