Ubaldo Gandolfi
1728-1781
Academic Male Nude
16 9/16 x 11 5/16 inches (430 x 287 mm)
Black chalk on paper.
2009.138
The Joseph F. McCrindle Collection.
Notes
Ubaldo Gandolfi was one of the finest Bolognese draftsman of the mid- to late- eighteenth century. His prolific output of drawings includes many academic studies of the nude model. This nude study, executed in brown chalk on brown paper, might have been made during his time at the Accademia Clementina di Pittura, Scultura, e Architettura in Bologna, where between 1745-1749 he won three medals for figure studies (Donatella Biagimaino, Gaetano E Ubaldo Gandolfi. Turin, 2002, p. 105).
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower right, in pen and brown ink, "Ubaldo Gandolfi Bolonese".
Associated names
McCrindle, Joseph F., former owner.
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Classification
Century Drawings
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