COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
CMA_.1958.313
AMICA Library Year:
1999
Object Type:
Drawings and Watercolors
Creator Name:
Beccafumi, Domenico
Creator Nationality:
European; Southern European; Italian
Creator Role:
artist
Creator Dates/Places:
1484 - 1551
Gender:
M
Creator Birth Place:
Cortine, in Valdiviana Montaperti
Creator Death Place:
Siena
Creator Name-CRT:
Domenico Beccafumi
Title:
River Gods
Title Type:
Former
Title:
Two Reclining Male Nudes
Title Type:
Alternate
Title:
Three Reclining Male Nudes
Title Type:
Exhibition
Title:
Study for Moses and the Israelites Drinking
Title Type:
Alternate
Title:
Three Male Nudes
Title Type:
Primary
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
c. 1535
Creation Start Date:
1530
Creation End Date:
1540
Creation Date:
c. 1540-1547
Creation Start Date:
1540
Creation End Date:
1547
Materials and Techniques:
black chalk or charcoal (stumped in places), with traces of brush and black chalk wash, heightened with white; incised, framing lines in black chalk or charcoal (top and bottom), on light brown laid paper (discolored), laid down on a secondary support (not visible), laid on a tertiary support of laid paper
Classification Term:
Drawing
Dimensions:
Sheet: 23.2cm x 41.7cm, Secondary Support: 23.2cm x 41.9cm, Tertiary Support: 24.8cm x 42.7cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number:
1958.313
Credit Line:
Delia E. Holden Fund
Inscriptions:
tertiary support, along bottom, in brown ink: Becco Fumi, il Mecarino da Siena. 1404-1549 Domenico Beccafumi; lower right, in brown ink: from vol 1.st P. [1?]2.
Provenance:
The Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery; [his sale, Sotheby's, London, 10 July 1917, lot 511 (lot included Madonna Ascending to Heaven by Simone Cantarini; sold to Moore according to Cleveland 1979)]; Archibald George Blomefield Russel (Lugt 2770a, lower center, in black ink); [his sale, Sotheby's, London, 9 June 1955, lot 1 (repr.)]; A. Scharf, London (according to Cleveland 1979).
Context:
Chiaroscuro drawing, a common technique in the 1500s, is usually done on a medium toned sheet with dark colors indicating the outlines and shadows and white pigment used for the highlights. Prints imitating these drawings were popular at the time.
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1958.313.tif
