Study for a Nativity, Bearded Male Saint, and Head Studies (recto); Two Head Studies (verso)
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, over red chalk and traces of lead? on cream paper (recto); red chalk (verso)
Dimensions
8-1/2 x 13-9/16 in. (21.6 x 34.4 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971
Accession Number
1975.131.82
Tags
About the Artist
Giovanni Larciani ("Master of the Kress Landscapes")|Bartholomaeus Ignaz Weiss · 1700–1800
Giovanni di Lorenzo Larciani (1484–1527), a Florentine painter known initially as the "Master of the Kress Landscapes," emerged from obscurity in the mid-1990s through the scholarship of Louis Waldman, who linked him to documents including a 1521 contract for an altarpiece. Born and active in Florence until his death, Larciani specialized in religious scenes enriched by vivid, atmospheric landscap...