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Head of a Bearded Old Man Looking Upward, Seen from Below. Verso: Study of the legs and torso of a draped female figure

Domenico Maria Canuti
1626-1684

Head of a Bearded Old Man Looking Upward, Seen from Below. Verso: Study of the legs and torso of a draped female figure

8 3/16 x 6 1/2 inches (207 x 166 mm)
Red chalk, with white chalk, on laid paper; verso: black chalk, with smudging, white chalk.
1992.57

Gift of Janos Scholz.

Notes
Watermark: none.
Both studies appear to be preparatory for Canuti's ceiling fresco of "The Four Temperaments" in the library in S. Michele in Bosco, Bologna. The recto is a study in the reverse direction for the Melancholic Humor; the verso comes very close to the Phlegmatic Humor.
Associated names
Piancastelli, Giovanni, 1845-1926, former owner.
Brandegee, Edward, former owner.
Brandegee, Mary, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography
Neumeyer, Alfred, and Janos Scholz. Drawings from Bologna 1520-1800. Oakland : Mills College Art Gallery, 1957, no. 12.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department