Studies and Sketches for Figures: Standing Male Nude in Frontal View, Male Heads, Seated Monkey, and a Long-Beaked Bird (a Stork?) (recto); Figure Studies: Back View of Standing Male and Female Heads, a Flying Long-Beaked Bird, etc. (verso) by Agostino Carracci — Agostino Carracci. Studies and Sketches for Figures: Standing Male Nude in Frontal View, Male Heads, Seated Monkey, and a Long-Beaked Bird (a Stork?) (recto); Figure Studies: Back View of Standing Male and Female Heads, a Flying Long-Beaked Bird, etc. (verso), 1557–1602. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Studies and Sketches for Figures: Standing Male Nude in Frontal View, Male Heads, Seated Monkey, and a Long-Beaked Bird (a Stork?) (recto); Figure Studies: Back View of Standing Male and Female Heads, a Flying Long-Beaked Bird, etc. (verso)

by Agostino Carracci

Quick Overview

Artist: Agostino Carracci (Italian, Bologna 1557–1602 Parma)
Date: 1557–1602
Medium: Pen and brown ink, over traces of leadpoint or soft black chalk (recto and verso)
Dimensions: sheet: 10 11/16 x 7 3/4 in. (27.2 x 19.8 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971
Accession no.: 1975.131.16

Provenance

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