MONTELUPO, Raffaello da
(b. 1504, Firenze, d. 1566, Orvieto)

A sheet of studies (recto)

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Pen and brown ink, over black chalk, 257 x 208 mm
British Museum, London

The recto of the sheet consists of a the upper part of a bearded man (bottom), a seated man in Roman costume and two other figures. The verso contains a figure standing seen from behind.

As a draughtsman Raffaello da Montelupo remains a shadowy figure. On his own admission, he was left-handed and the slant of the shading, from top left to bottom right (it would be from top right to bottom left in a right-handed artist), is clearly seen in the present drawing.




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