Seated Nude Male Figure (recto); Ornamental Designs of Foliage, a Grotesque Head, and a Leg (verso)
Agostino Carracci
ca. 1590–93
Medium
Pen and brown ink, over black chalk underdrawing
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 13/16 × 5 7/16 in. (27.4 × 13.8 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Gordon Douglas III, 2014
Accession Number
2014.635.1a, b
Tags
Male Nudes
About the Artist
Agostino Carracci · 1557–1602
Agostino left his profession as a tailor to become an artist. His earliest works were engravings, which was an extremely profitable practice and he was famed for having attained new heights of perfection. He was also a skilled painter and collaborated with his famous relations on various commisions. Comment on works: Religious; Portraits.