Kneeling Man Artist: Domenico Beccafumi (Italian, Siena, 1486–1551)

ca. 1544

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Medium

Red chalk, with a few stylus indentations. Original sheet trimmed to the edge of the figure and laid down.

Dimensions

sheet: 25.4 × 17.5 cm (10 × 6 7/8 in.)
framed: 45.7 × 39.4 × 5.1 cm (18 × 15 1/2 × 2 in.)

Credit Line

Maitland F. Griggs, B.A. 1896, Fund

Accession Number

1972.37

Geography

Made in Italy

Culture

Italian

Period

16th century

Classification

Drawings

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Eugene V. Thaw and Co., New York, from whom acquired
Bibliography

  • Suzanne Boorsch and John J. Marciari, Master Drawings from the Yale University Art Gallery, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2006), 24, 63–65, no. 11, ill.
  • Edmund P. Pillsbury and John Caldwell, Sixteenth Century Italian Drawings: Form and Function (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1974), no. 3, ill.

Object copyright
No Copyright - United States

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