Andrea Boscoli
Italian, c. 1560-1608
Two Standing Female Figures (Studies after Classical Statuary)
INV-1042
Andrea Boscoli
Italian, c. 1560-16081580/84
Two Standing Female Figures (Studies after Classical Statuary)
Andrea Boscoli Italian, c. 1560-1608 →pen and ink drawingsdrawings (visual works)
Date
1580/84
Medium
Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk, on buff laid paper, laid down on ivory laid card
Dimensions
19.7 × 13.8 cm (7 13/16 × 5 7/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. William O. Hunt
Although trained in Florence, Boscoli spent several influential years in the 1580s working in Rome, where one of his favorite occupations was the study of classical monuments. This drawing is characteristic of Boscoli's very best studies of Roman statuary; the clear crisp presentation of drapery, and of light and shadow became his trademarks.
Also notable
Works in the same vein
Olympias, Mother of Alexander, Visited by Zeus in the Guise of a Serpent
Attributed to Andrea Boscoli Italian, c. 1560-1608
Standing Academy
Andrea Boscoli Italian, c. 1560-1608
Saints Peter and Paul Disputing with Simon Magus before Nero (recto); Five Scenes from the Story of Moses (verso)
Andrea Boscoli Italian, c. 1560-1608
