Florentine School, 17th Century

A nude in the pose of Michelangelo's David

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Florentine School, 17th Century
A nude in the pose of Michelangelo's David
figure sketches (verso), with inscriptions 'Tiziano Tintoretto Paolo veronese Grandi N. 60 [crossed out to 64]. minori N. 13.' (verso)
red chalk, watermark encircled eagle below a crown
421 x 221 mm.

Provenance

A Florentine collector, his price code 'o-'.
W. Bates (L. 2604).

Lot Essay

The circle and the line inscription on the lower part of the drawing corresponds to a price code found on Florentine 17th Century drawings. A drawing by Callot in New Haven bears three circles and a dot by the same hand, P. Chon et al., Jacques Callot, exhib. cat., Muse historique lorrain, Nancy, 1992, no. 59.
The pose of the figure in the present drawing is probably inspired by one of Michelangelo's wax models for his David in the Casa Buonarotti, Florence.

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