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Circle of Bartolomeo Passarotti, Italian 1529-1592- Hercules and the Cretan Bull; pen and...
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Circle of Bartolomeo Passarotti,
Italian 1529-1592-
Hercules and the Cretan Bull;
pen and...
Starting Bid: £340
Estimate: £500 - £700
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Lot 70
Description
Circle of Bartolomeo Passarotti,
Italian 1529-1592-
Hercules and the Cretan Bull;
pen and brown ink on paper, with watermark of a column with a cross within a circle 'Fabriano' (Ref. AR135A), bears inscription 'N. 2505' (upper left), 47 x 28 cm.
Provenance:
Private Collection, UK.
Note:
This nude figure study of Hercules and the Cretan Bull is rendered with confident hatchwork and firm, decisive contours, which imbue it with an almost sculptural heft. It closely resembles the work of the Bolognese painter Passarotti, who was also a prolific draughtsman, and a keen and astute observer of the human form. In addition, it shows the influence of drawings by an earlier generation of artists including those of the Florentine sculptor and draughtsman Baccio Bandinelli (1493-1560), in whose workshop Passarotti studied. The composition illustrates a keen interest in the forensic exploration of the human form, which was a central feature of Passarotti's work, evident in his many studies of anatomy and sculpture, including the sheet showing a male torso at the National Gallery of Art, Washington [2000.124.1.b], as well as his study of a male nude from behind which sold at Dorotheum, Vienna, on 30 March 2016, lot 79. The present work also bears distinct similarities to the oeuvre of Francesco Brizio (1574-1623) who worked under Passarotti, and later the Carraccis. The watermark dates the sheet to 1585.
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