Young Woman on a Cloud with Three Figures (recto); Studies of an Old Man and a Hand (verso)

1615·Red chalk, highlighted with white chalk·Sheet: 9 9/16 x 7 5/8 in. (24.3 x 19.4 cm)

Purchase, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, Mr. and Mrs. David M. Tobey Gift, Sally and Howard Lepow Gift, and Dr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Elkind Gift, 2005

Catalogue

Year: 1615
Medium: Red chalk, highlighted with white chalk
Dimensions: Sheet: 9 9/16 x 7 5/8 in. (24.3 x 19.4 cm)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: Francesco Furini

Artist

Francesco Furini

Painting

Francesco Furini was an Italian Baroque painter, poet and priest. He was a leading painter in Florence in the second quarter of the 17th century and also worked in Rome. He was noted for both secular and religious subjects in which he used a sensual sfumato style, particularly in the many female nudes.

Florence, Italy

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