Lot 253
253
Circle of Baccio Bandinelli (Gaiole in Chianti 1488-1560 Florence)
Circle of Baccio Bandinelli (Gaiole in Chianti 1488-1560 Florence)

A standing male nude with subsidiary studies of a male figure (recto); A fragmentary study of a child and a standing figure

Details
Circle of Baccio Bandinelli (Gaiole in Chianti 1488-1560 Florence)
A standing male nude with subsidiary studies of a male figure (recto); A fragmentary study of a child and a standing figure
traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink (recto); red and black chalk, pen and brown ink (verso)
10¼ x 5½ in. (26 x 14 cm.)
Provenance
with Alister Mathews, Bournemouth, 1959.

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Lot Essay

The pose of the primary male figure is reminiscent of Bandinelli's Hercules in his colossal sculpture of Hercules and Cacus, unveiled in 1534 in the Piazza della Signoria, Florence. It is also similar to the figure of Perseus in the bronze sculpture of Perseus with the head of Medusa by Bandinelli's contemporary, Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571).

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