Standing Academy

Description

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.

Provenance

Friedrich Gauermann (died 1862), Vienna [Lugt 1003]. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Seger, Toronto [invoice in curatorial file]. Sold by William M. Brady and Company, New York, to the Art Institute, 1991.

Standing Academy

Andrea Boscoli

c. 1587

Accession Number

111739

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.)

Classification

chalk

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Mr. and Mrs. William O. Hunt and Otto L. and Hazel T. Rhoades funds; Margaret Day Blake Endowment