Sep 24, 2010

Rear View of Seated Man

Rear View of Seated Man

late 1600s?

Carlo Vimercati

(Italian, 1660–1715)

Red chalk heightened with white chalk

Support: Beige(1) laid paper prepared with a light brown wash

Sheet: 27.8 x 17.8 cm (10 15/16 x 7 in.)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leopold Blumka 1963.72

Location

Did you know?

Red chalk was a common medium used by artists of the 1600s to make drawings from live models.

Description

By the late 1600s, painters of religious subjects, such as Carlo Vimercati, sought to make the content of their church decorations more accessible to a general congregation through the use of dramatic gestures and observed naturalistic details. Such artists often relied on figure studies like this drawing of a posed studio assistant to capture the dress and physique of everyday people and thus imbue their paintings with realistic elements.

See also
Collection: 
DR - Italian
Department: 
Drawings
Type of artwork: 
Drawing

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