Study Sheet with Heads, Figures and Architectural Fragments

Study Sheet with Heads, Figures and Architectural Fragments

RP-T-1968-364(V)

The female nudes at the top of this page of studies are drawn in various poses. One pose, with the weight resting on one leg (contrapposto), is worked out in more detail in the figure at centre. In addition, there are faces, architectural details and a kneeling, nude figure of St Sebastian. These studies reveal the curiosity and restless searching of Renaissance artist Piero di Cosimo.

draughtsman: attributed to Piero di Cosimo

c. 1490 - c. 1520

pen in bruin

height 245 mm x width 181 mm

Purchased with the support of the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum

purchase 1968

Public domain

…; collection Van Nijmegen family, before 1900;{Note RMA.} from whom acquired by Dirk Hudig (1842-1915), Nijmegen, Rotterdam;{Note RMA.} ? his son Dirk Hudig (1872-1934); his son Ate Ferrand Whaley Hudig (1904-?), Bussum; from whom purchased, with 150 other drawings, by the museum, 1968

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

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