Rear View of Seated Man
late 1600s?
Carlo Vimercati
Carlo Vimercati (Italian, 1660–1715)
Drawings
Rear View of Seated Man, late 1600s?. Carlo Vimercati (Italian, 1660–1715). Red chalk heightened with white chalk; sheet: 27.8 x 17.8 cm (10 15/16 x 7 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leopold Blumka 1963.72 Red chalk was a common medium used by artists of the 1600s to make drawings from live models.
- Maker/Artist
- Vimercati, Carlo
- Classification
- Drawing
- Formatted Medium
- red chalk heightened with white chalk
- Medium
- red, chalk, heightened, white
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 27.8 x 17.8 cm (10 15/16 x 7 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: VERSO, upper right, in graphite: CARRACCI / Soc. G - 631 / OA ; upper center, in graphite: Pontormo
- Departments
- Drawings
- Accession Number
- 1963.72
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leopold Blumka
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review (1963), Old Master Drawings, Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection, Concept, Dogma and Feeling: Italian Drawings 1550-1650, Stories From Storage, CMA, Concept, Dogma, and Feeling: Italian Drawings 1550-1650 (Aug. 27-Oct. 20, 1991).<br>CMA, Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection (Dec. 15, 1986-Mar. 1, 1987).<br>CMA, Old Master Drawings (Mar. 10-30, 1964).<br>CMA, "Year in Review for 1963" (Nov. 26, 1963-Jan. 5, 1964), cma Bulletin 50 (1963), p. 293 no. 115 (as having acc. no. 63.73).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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