Sheet of Figure Studies

Artist Alessandro Magnasco (Italian, 1667 - 1749)

Date16th century

MediumBrown wash over black chalk, heightened with white

DimensionsOverall: 10 1/2 × 16 1/8 inches (26.67 × 40.96 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Milton McGreevy through the Mission Fund

Object numberF66-5

On View

Not on view

Collections

European Art

Terms

Exhibition History

Master Drawings from The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Washington University Gallery of Art, St. Louis, MO, September 12-December 3, 1989, unnumbered, as Sheet of Figure Studies.

Provenance

Edmond Fatio (1871-1959), Geneva;

Hoepli, Milan;

Zeitlin and Ver Brugge Booksellers, Los Angeles;

Given by Milton (1903-1980) and Barbara (née James, 1905-1996) McGreevy, Shawnee Mission, KS, to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1966.

Published References

Roger Ward and Mark S. Weil, Master Drawings from The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, exh. cat. (St. Louis, MO: Washington University Museum of Art, 1989), 41, (repro.), as Sheet of Figure Studies.

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