Two Figures in an Architectural Setting: A Female Nude Seated in a Profile View and a Seated Male Nude in a Three-Quarter View with the Left Leg Bent
ca. 1550
Medium
Pen and brown ink, red and black chalk.
Dimensions
9 x 5 1/2in. (22.9 x 14cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Edward Pearce Casey Fund, 1995
Accession Number
1995.304
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About this artwork
This striking figure study attributed to the circle of Rosso Fiorentino exemplifies Italian Mannerist draftsmanship's sophisticated approach to the human form. Created around 1550, the drawing presents two nude figures—a female seated in profile and a male in three-quarter view with bent left leg—positioned within an architectural framework. The composition combines multiple media: pen and brown ink, red and black chalk, demonstrating the complex layering techniques Mannerist artists employed to...
About the Artist
Rosso Fiorentino · 1494–1540
Italian, Florence 1494–1540 Fontainebleau