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Follower of Domenico Beccafumi, Italian 1486-1551- Study of a group of figures; oil on paper...
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Description
Follower of Domenico Beccafumi,
Italian 1486-1551-
Study of a group of figures;
oil on paper laid down on panel, 32 x 59.8 cm.
Provenance:
Private Collection, UK.
Note:
The head types in this unfinished composition appear to be stylistically and technically comparable to a group of head studies in oil on paper by Domenico Beccafumi, which are connected to a series of frescoes in La Sala del Concistoro in the Palazzo Pubblico, Siena. Some of these studies share with the present work a characteristic technique, with outlines of the nose, eyes, and mouth made with thick dark paint, and the neck, back of the head, and fingers with elegant lines of the brush. The lively arrangement of the heads on the present sheet recalls Beccafumi's work in Siena Cathedral, and in particular the artist's designs for the pavement tiles. Furthermore, the dramatically lit heads here can loosely be compared with Beccafumi's oil sketch on paper 'Head of Thrasybulus' in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York [no.I,19b]. It has been suggested that the present work is a representation of the Hebrew story 'The Judgement of Solomon'.
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