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Two Studies of a Seated Male Nude

mid-16th century
Not on view
Softly modeled in black chalk, this monumental and sculpturesque figure of a nude man with a hypnotic gaze bears a musical instrument known as a syrinx, which may suggest his identification as a mythological figure, such as Apollo. Below is a smaller and sketchier study of the same figure, clothed in heavy drapery. The drawing has been associated with the Mannerist masters Pontormo and Bronzino and can be ascribed to an artist in their circle.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Two Studies of a Seated Male Nude
  • Artist: Follower of Jacopo da Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci) (Italian, Pontormo 1494–1556 Florence)
  • Date: mid-16th century
  • Medium: Black chalk
  • Dimensions: 14 9/16 x 8 in. (37 x 20.3 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.281
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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Virgin and Child with Saint Elizabeth, the Infant Baptist, Saint Anthony of Padua, and a Female Martyr, Jacopo da Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci) Italian, Red chalk, brush and red wash
Virgin and Child with Saint Elizabeth, the Infant Baptist, Saint Anthony of Padua, and a Female Martyr
Jacopo da Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci)
1514–22
Study of a Man's Head, Jacopo da Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci) Italian, Red chalk; stumping
Study of a Man's Head
Jacopo da Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci)
1520–25
Portrait of Two Friends, Jacopo da Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci) Italian, Oil on panel
Returned to lender
Portrait of Two Friends
Jacopo da Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci)
1523–24
Portrait of a Halberdier (probably Francesco Guardi), Jacopo da Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci) Italian, Oil, possibly mixed with tempera, on canvas, transferred from panel
Returned to lender
Portrait of a Halberdier (probably Francesco Guardi)
Jacopo da Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci)
ca. 1528–30
Portrait of a Man with a Book, Jacopo da Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci) Italian, Oil on panel
Returned to lender
Portrait of a Man with a Book
Jacopo da Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci)
1540–41

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