Annibale Carracci
1560-1609
Nude Male with Hands Raised over Head Holding a Stick; Study of Hands
16 5/8 x 10 11/16 inches (422 x 272 mm)
Black chalk, with white, on blue laid paper.
1979.46
Gift of Janos Scholz.
Notes
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Possibly a study for a figure in the fresco cycle in the Palazzo Farnese, Rome.
Possibly a study for a figure in the fresco cycle in the Palazzo Farnese, Rome.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, in an old hand, on small label attached to lining, "Anibal Caraccio".
Associated names
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography
Nineteenth report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980 / edited by Charles Ryskamp. New York : The Library, 1981, p. 183.
Scholz, Hamburg-Cologne, 1963, no. 32 (includes previous bibliography and exhibitions).
Italian Drawings to Commemorate the 400th Anniversary of the Death of Michelangelo, exhibitions catalogue by J. Wasserman, Unviersity of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1964, no. 12.
One Hundred Italian Drawings from the 14th to the 18th Centuries from the Janos Scholz Collection. New York : New School Art Center, 1971, no. 22.
Italian Drawings from the Janos Scholz Collection. Norton, Mass. : Watson Gallery, Wheaton College, 1971, no. 5, repr. pl. I.
Scholz, Janos. Italian Master Drawings, 1350-1800, from the Janos Scholz Collection. New York : Dover, 1976, no. 81, repr.
Scholz, Hamburg-Cologne, 1963, no. 32 (includes previous bibliography and exhibitions).
Italian Drawings to Commemorate the 400th Anniversary of the Death of Michelangelo, exhibitions catalogue by J. Wasserman, Unviersity of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1964, no. 12.
One Hundred Italian Drawings from the 14th to the 18th Centuries from the Janos Scholz Collection. New York : New School Art Center, 1971, no. 22.
Italian Drawings from the Janos Scholz Collection. Norton, Mass. : Watson Gallery, Wheaton College, 1971, no. 5, repr. pl. I.
Scholz, Janos. Italian Master Drawings, 1350-1800, from the Janos Scholz Collection. New York : Dover, 1976, no. 81, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
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