Female Nude Turning Towards Left, Clasping Knee
Medium
Pen and brown ink on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid card
Dimensions
17.5 × 19.4 cm (6 15/16 × 7 11/16 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
45105
Art Historical Context
This delicate pen and brown ink drawing, *Female Nude Turning Towards Left, Clasping Knee*, exemplifies the anatomical studies favored by followers of the 17th-century Italian Baroque master Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri). Created in an undated work on ivory laid paper, it captures a dynamic female figure in a twisting pose, her form rendered with fluid, expressive lines that echo Guercino's signature style—characterized by energetic movement, dramatic foreshortening, and a keen observation of the human body. Such studies were essential in Baroque workshops, serving as preparatory sket...