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

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

Francesco FuriniWW-1615-335897
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

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Year
1615
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 9/16 x 7 5/8 in. (24.3 x 19.4 cm)

Artist

Francesco Furini
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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Figures Before Altar in Church (recto); Half-Length Male Nude, Looking Upward to Right (verso)

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1600 · Red chalk, heightened with lead white (discolored) (recto), and red chalk (verso), on ivory laid paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper

WW-1600-335896

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Year
1615
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 9/16 x 7 5/8 in. (24.3 x 19.4 cm)
Watts ID
WW-1615-335897

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Artist

Francesco Furini

Francesco Furini

Painting

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