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Lot Essay
In the 1987 Colnaghi catalogue, Mario Di Giampaolo observed that Malvasia spoke highly of Faccini's nude studies, commenting that they could be found in all the greatest art collections of the time, such as that of Cardinal Leopoldo de' Medici (C. Malvasia, Felsina pittrice: vite de pittori bolognesi, Bologna, 1678, I, p. 564). Giampaolo noted that the drawing is stylistically similar to studies in the Louvre (C. Loisel, Musée du Louvre: Départment des arts graphiques: Inventaire general des dessins italiens: Dessins bolonais du XVIIe siècle, Paris, 2013, II, pp. 156-7, no. 185.), the Ashmolean (K.G. Parker, Catalogue of Drawings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1956, p. 84, no. 172) and the Uffizi, Florence (invs. 6230F, 17444F and 17446F). The watermark is similar to Heawood no. 1125 (Bologna 1586).
The present drawing, and lot 160, come from the collection of Crosby and Bebe Kemper of Kansas City. Formed with intellectual curiosity, an eye for quality and a fascination with history, the collection includes an eclectic range of works by artists as diverse as Nattier, Rubens, Degas, Wyeth and Lucien Freud, among many others. Crosby passed away in January 2014, but his legacy will live on in the numerous institutions to which he and Bebe were so generous. Among them were the Nelson-Atkins Museum, the Kansas City Symphony, the Whitney Museum, Monticello and the Addison Gallery at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. They also founded their own Kemper Museum which houses an important collection of Post-War and Contemporary art.
The present drawing, and lot 160, come from the collection of Crosby and Bebe Kemper of Kansas City. Formed with intellectual curiosity, an eye for quality and a fascination with history, the collection includes an eclectic range of works by artists as diverse as Nattier, Rubens, Degas, Wyeth and Lucien Freud, among many others. Crosby passed away in January 2014, but his legacy will live on in the numerous institutions to which he and Bebe were so generous. Among them were the Nelson-Atkins Museum, the Kansas City Symphony, the Whitney Museum, Monticello and the Addison Gallery at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. They also founded their own Kemper Museum which houses an important collection of Post-War and Contemporary art.