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Half-Length Recumbent Male Nude Seen from the Back
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.
Inscriptions
Inscribed verso, lower right, in pen and brown ink: "di mano di pietro faccini"; in pen and brown ink: "39"
Exhibition history
New York, The Frick Collection, "From Pontormo to Seurat: Drawings Recently Acquired by The Art Institute of Chicago," April 23-July 7, 1991, n.p., cat. 9; traveled to The Art Institute of Chicago, September 10, 1991-January 5, 1992.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Pietro Faccini / Italian, c. 1562-1602
- Date
- c. 1590
- Medium
- Charcoal, with stumping, touches of oil paint, and traces of lead white (discolored), on tan laid paper
- Dimensions
- 35.5 × 23.2 cm (14 × 9 3/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- chalk
- Place
- Italy
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- James E. Cooper Memorial Fund and Prints and Drawings Fund #1
- Accession no.
- 1987.88
More by Pietro Faccini in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00003197
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