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.
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.
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.
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Century Drawings
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