Study for a Nativity, Bearded Male Saint, and Head Studies (recto); Two Head Studies (verso)

Study for a Nativity, Bearded Male Saint, and Head Studies (recto); Two Head Studies (verso) by Giovanni Larciani ("Master of the Kress Landscapes")|Bartholomaeus Ignaz Weiss

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

JesusNativitySaintsVirgin Mary

About the Artist

Giovanni Larciani ("Master of the Kress Landscapes")|Bartholomaeus Ignaz Weiss · 17001800

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...

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