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Study of a male nude figure with scale of proportions: PD.122-1961

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Study of a male nude figure with scale of proportions

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Passarotti, Bartolommeo

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Notes

History note: ?Ercole Lelli (see below) (1702-1766); Francesco Albergati Capacelli (1728-1804); given amongst an album of drawings to Stanislas Augustus II of Poland (1732-1798) in 1776, given to his nephew, Stanislas Poniatowski (1757-1833); his sale, Christie's, 3rd day, 29 May 1840, lot 938, as Michelangelo; bt. Tiffin (£16 5s 6d); W. Russell (1800-1884); his sale, Christie's, 10-12 December 1884, lot 283, together with another copy (as Michelangelo); R.P. Roupell (1795-1886) (does not seem to be mentioned in his sale, Christie's, 13-14 July 1887); Sir E.J. Poynter (Lugt 874 and inscribed on inner mount, E.J.P. 1887); his sale, Sotheby's, 24 April 1918, lot 80, as Michelangelo; bt. Agnew (£96) for Charles B.O. Clarke; Louis C.G. Clarke

Legal notes

Bequeathed 1960.

Measurements and weight

Height: 446 mm
Width: 299 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1961) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray

Note

There is a scale of proportions running down the right hand side and in the lower left corner there is a diagram of proportions with a skeleton head and left shoulder drawn in

School or Style

Italian

Materials used in production

Brown ink
Black chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Pen, brown ink and black chalk on paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Uno terzio
  • Location: Centre right
  • Method of creation: Brown ink
  • Text: Uno terzio
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Inscription present: a diagram with an extended explanation of the larger drawing, extensively annotated

  • Location: Left

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Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.122-1961
Primary reference Number: 7664
Lugt: 874

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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 17 July 2025

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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