Two Male Nudes
c. 1520
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 · 1493–1560
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...