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Half-Length Recumbent Male Nude Seen from the Back

Pietro FacciniLinkedCulture matchlcp-92baad5eaca9

Date: c. 1590
Medium: Charcoal, with stumping, touches of oil paint, and traces of lead white (discolored), on tan laid paper
Culture: Italy
Department: Prints and Drawings
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID: 69117

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One of Bologna's most original draftsman, Pietro Faccini was fascinated with the human figure. This finely modelled nude is a splendid example of Faccini's relaxed attitude toward anatomy. Unlike his teachers, Annibale and Agostino Carracci, who advocated strict attention to correct anatomy, Faccini manipulated the figure in subtle ways to achieve a more moving result. In his dramatic representations of the human body, Faccini may be seen as bridging the gap between late Mannerism and early Baroque art.

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Credit line: James E. Cooper Memorial Fund and Prints and Drawings Fund #1
Provenance: Ralph Howard, 1st Earl of Wicklow (died 1789) [New York 1987]; by descent to the Countess of Wicklow [New York 1987]; sold, Christie’s, New York, January 13, 1987, lot 7. Sold by W. M. Brady and Company, Inc., New York, to the Art Institute, 1987.