Studies of nudes (two men, seated, looking in a mirror, and a seated boy), ca. 1520

Title

Studies of nudes (two men, seated, looking in a mirror, and a seated boy)

Draughtsman

• Jacopo Pontormo

Production Place

• Florence

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• High Renaissance
• Italian Mannerism

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Black and white chalk on blue-flecked paper

Material

• chalk
• paper

Technique

• chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• Florentine

Production Reason

• nude study
• composition study
• wall painting design?
• study

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet auf dem Montierungsbogen unten (mit der Feder in Braun): N. 5 | N. 85, Giacomo carrucci da pontormo; unten links (mit schwarzem Stift): f c 1a [1 c c/a?]
Verso auf dem Montierungsbogen unten mittig Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Vorhanden

Work Catalogues

• Cox-Rearick 1964.200.187
• Cox-Rearick 1981.187

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• nude
• study

Main Motif

• man
• child

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Michelangelo Buonarroti
• Lorenzo de' Medici
• Giuliano de' Medici
• Castor
• Pollux
• Dioscuri

Primary

• 31A14 human figure of ideal proportions, e.g. academic nude
• 31D14(+72) adult man (+ two persons)
• 31A5111 looking in the mirror; contemplation of own beauty
• 31D12 youth, adolescent

Secondary

• 31A2352 sitting on an elevation

Alternative

• 94R (story of) the Dioscuri: Castor (the horse-tamer) and Pollux (the boxer)
• 23O23 Gemini (zodiacal sign of May)