Studies and Sketches for Figures: Standing Male Nude in Frontal View, Male Heads, Seated Monkey, and a Long-Beaked Bird (a Stork?) (recto); Figure Studies: Back View of Standing Male and Female Heads, a Flying Long-Beaked Bird, etc. (verso)
Agostino Carracci
1557–1602
Medium
Pen and brown ink, over traces of leadpoint or soft black chalk (recto and verso)
Dimensions
sheet: 10 11/16 x 7 3/4 in. (27.2 x 19.8 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971
Accession Number
1975.131.16
Tags
BirdsMale NudesWomenMonkeys
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.