Two Male Nudes

Two Male Nudes by Baccio Bandinelli

Medium

pen and brown ink on laid paper

Dimensions

other (French mat): 15 7/8 x 11 1/2 in. (40.32 x 29.21 cm) sight: 13 x 8 5/8 in. (33.02 x 21.91 cm)

Classification

Drawing

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection)

Accession Number

2015.143.36.a

About the Artist

Baccio Bandinelli · 14931560

Bandinelli was the son of Michelangelo de'Brandini, a successful Florentine goldsmith. Baccio was a loyal subject of the Medici, even when they were in exile 1494-1513; consequently he was rewarded by receiving commissions after the elections to the papacy of Leo X (Giovanni de' Medici) and Clement VII (Giulio de' Medici), and after Cosimo de' Medici became Grand Duke of Tuscany in 1537. His polit...

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