Männlicher Rückenakt, Torso, ca. 1520 – 1525

Blatt: 212 x 149 mm

Inventory Number: 4174

Object Number: 4174 Z

Status: Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

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About the Work

In view of the torso figure and the modelling of certain muscle sections using strong contrasts of light and dark (rilievo), the drawing bears reference to an antique sculpture, which may have served the artist as a model. Yet because the figure’s pose alternates between motion and staticity, it is conceivable that the artist also took inspiration from a live model, perhaps as a means of enhancing certain areas. It thus combines observation of nature and artistic interpretation in a manner characteristic of the dawn of the sixteenth century.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Männlicher Rückenakt, Torso

Draughtsman

Domenico Campagnola

Production Place

Padua

Period Produced

School

High Renaissance

Object Type

drawing

Material

Technique

pen drawing

Geographic Reference

Venetian

Production Reason

Captions Added Later: Bezeichnet unten links (von fremder Hand, mit der Feder in Braun): G[ ]e [Giorgione ?] [später ausradiert]; verso bezeichnet oben links (mit rotem Stift): n.° 271.; unten mittig auf einem aufgeklebten Papierschildchen (mit der Feder in Braun): Giorgione da Castelfranco; unten links (mit schwarzem Stift): fa [?]
Verso bezeichnet oben links mit Notizen des Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Amsterdam (mit der Feder in Braun, Lugt 3002, 3003, 3004): Giorgion.e castel franco | geb: Castelfranco 1478 | gestorven Venetien 1511. | Discipel van Jan Bellin. | heeft gevolgt Leod° da Vinci | h 8 d | b 6 d; unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

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