Putto Poised on Right Leg (recto); Sketch of a Draped Arm (verso)

Inscriptions

Inscribed verso, center, in graphite: "F. Vannius / F. Vanni"; lower right, in graphite: "F. Vanni"

Provenance

Dr. William Ogle, London; sold, Sotheby's, London, Feb. 6, 1913, to William F. E. Gurley (1854–1943), Chicago [stamps (Lugt 5308), recto, lower left, and verso, lower center, in black]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago for the Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection, 1922 [stamp (Lugt 1230b), verso, lower center, in blackt].

Publications

Suzanne Folds McCullagh and Laura M. Giles, Italian Drawings before 1600 in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Collection (Chicago, 1997), p. 302, no. 404 (ill.).

Quick Overview

Artist: Domenico Cresti, called Passignano / Italian, 1559-1638
Date: 1575/1600
Medium: Red chalk on cream laid paper (recto), partially laid down and tipped onto tan wove card
Dimensions: 37.5 × 25.7 cm (14 13/16 × 10 1/8 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: chalk
Place: Italy
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
Accession no.: 1922.1020

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Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.