Andrea Boscoli
Italian, c. 1560-1608
Standing Academy
INV-1117
Andrea Boscoli
Italian, c. 1560-1608c. 1587
Standing Academy
Andrea Boscoli Italian, c. 1560-1608 →chalkdrawings (visual works)
Date
c. 1587
Medium
Red and black chalk, on buff laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper, tipped onto cream board
Dimensions
41.7 × 22.6 cm (16 7/16 × 8 15/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Mr. and Mrs. William O. Hunt and Otto L. and Hazel T. Rhoades funds; Margaret Day Blake Endowment
An eccentric exponent of the second generation of Florentine Mannerists, Boscoli demonstrates the emphasis on figurative draftsmanship characteristic of that era. Dating from a fairly early period, this study from a wax mannequin geometricizes and abstracts the precisely analyzed forms. Heir to Pontormo' s Mannerism, and influenced by Federico Barocci's vibrant light effects, Boscoli was a stylistically pivotal figure between the Renaissance and the Baroque.
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
Two Standing Female Figures (Studies after Classical Statuary)
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
