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Seated Nude Male Figure (recto); Ornamental Designs of Foliage, a Grotesque Head, and a Leg (verso)
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Seated Nude Male Figure (recto); Ornamental Designs of Foliage, a Grotesque Head, and a Leg (verso)

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)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Gordon Douglas III, 2014

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Agostino Carracci

1557–1602Papal States

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.