drawing;
album
- Museum number
- 1866,1208.645-646
- Description
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Bandinelli album: An outstretched left arm seen from two sides. Pen and brown ink over leadpoint
Verso: two studies of an upper left arm. Pen and brown ink over leadpoint.
- Production date
- 1525-1550 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 281 millimetres
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Width: 206 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Watermark: Pascal Lamb in a circle (cf. Briquet, nos 47, 50 / Piccard-online.de, no. 86749)
Fourth page of an album discussed under 1866,1208.641/2 (with bibliography).
Recto
The left arm seen from the inside was drawn with the left edge as the bottom. It has initial indications in lead point, not always followed by the artist`s pen, such as along the outer contour of the shoulder.
The second study was drawn with the right edge as the bottom, equally over initial contours in leadpoint, most clearly visible along the contour of the back. In contrast to its companion, this shows a left arm seen from the outer side and with a considerable portion of the upper torso.
Verso
The verso contains two studies of a left shoulder, flayed to reveal the musculature. The underdrawing is visible in places, for example, in the right contour of the left-hand study. The right-hand study is drawn to a larger scale and from an adjusted view point, switching the focus from the shoulder to the upper torso.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1997 Oct-Nov, London, Royal College of Art, 'The Quick and the Dead'
1998 Jan-Mar, Warwick, Mead Gallery, 'The Quick and the Dead'
1998 Mar-May, Leeds, City Art Gallery, 'The Quick and the Dead'
1998 Jun-Sep, Geneva, Musee d'Art et d'Histoire, 'The Quick and the Dead'
- Acquisition date
- 1866
- Acquisition notes
- The title on the album cover demonstrates a Dutch or Flemish provenance.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1866,1208.645-646
