Young Warrior, Seen from Behind, Lifting a Curtain
1550/55
Medium
Pen and brown ink, and brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over black chalk, on cream laid paper
Dimensions
43.2 × 28 cm (17 1/16 × 11 1/16 in.)
Classification
drawings (visual works)
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
202145
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Throughout his career, Salviati produced drawings for various purposes and in a variety of media that display artifice and stylistic f lair. This sheet is notable for its deftly applied brown wash, including thick strokes, quick accents, and sinuous contours. The result is eloquently pictorial, which suggests that Salviati may have intended it as an independent work of art. Salviati’s bravura graphic performance is matched by his deft interpretation of the subject, especially in the balletic po...