Two Standing Female Figures (Studies after Classical Statuary)
Andrea Boscoli
1580/84
Medium
Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk, on buff laid paper, laid down on ivory laid card
Dimensions
19.7 × 13.8 cm (7 13/16 × 5 7/16 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
104232
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Although trained in Florence, Boscoli spent several influential years in the 1580s working in Rome, where one of his favorite occupations was the study of classical monuments. This drawing is characteristic of Boscoli's very best studies of Roman statuary; the clear crisp presentation of drapery, and of light and shadow became his trademarks.
About the Artist
Andrea Boscoli · 1560–1608
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