Minneapolis Institute of Art
Study of a Seated Youth
Ferraù FenzoniLinkedCulture matchlcp-715d92e7f510
- Date
- early 1590s
- Medium
- Red chalk on cream laid paper, backed with Japanese paper
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 29696
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
Given that apprentices would enter a master's workshop around the age of 9 or 10, Ferraù Fenzoni likely borrowed one of his young assistants for this sheet. Here the boy poses in mounds of thick drapery while seated on a chair. The figure points directly at the artist - - a difficult pose sustained with the aid of a staff to support the boy's hand. Fenzoni represented this daringly foreshortened gesture with extraordinary skill. Like a number of Fenzoni's life studies, the condition of this drawing is quite worn, indicating that it was displayed regularly and handled roughly. Perhaps the sheet was hung in the artist's studio as an exemplary life drawing, a model for young apprentices to study. Italy, Europe
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- Credit line
- Gift of Professor Alfred Moir
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