Seated Nude Male Figure (recto); Ornamental Designs of Foliage, a Grotesque Head, and a Leg (verso) by Agostino Carracci — Agostino Carracci. Seated Nude Male Figure (recto); Ornamental Designs of Foliage, a Grotesque Head, and a Leg (verso), ca. 1590–93. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Seated Nude Male Figure (recto); Ornamental Designs of Foliage, a Grotesque Head, and a Leg (verso)

by Agostino Carracci

Quick Overview

Artist: Agostino Carracci (Italian, Bologna 1557–1602 Parma)
Date: ca. 1590–93
Medium: Pen and brown ink, over black chalk underdrawing
Dimensions: Sheet: 10 13/16 × 5 7/16 in. (27.4 × 13.8 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Gordon Douglas III, 2014
Accession no.: 2014.635.1a, b

Provenance

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s open-access data does not include an ownership history for this work. See the museum’s page for this work.

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