Drawings from the Collection of Carlos Alberto Cruz
Camillo Boccaccino
Recto: Study of the head of a philosopher seen frontally and in profile Verso: a sketch of the same in profile
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Drawings from the Collection of Carlos Alberto Cruz
Attributed to Camillo Boccaccino
1501 - 1546
Recto: Study of the head of a philosopher seen frontally and in profile
Verso: a sketch of the same in profile
Red chalk (recto); pen and brown ink (verso);
bears a recent pencil attribution, recto: Ricci, and inscription in pen and brown ink, verso: et darli i dinari, che ci costa/dar, i cugiari, al prete, farsi. dar
161 by 125 mm
The style of this sheet and the refined use of the red chalk is closely comparable to the work of Boccaccino. Most probably inspired by an antique sculpture, this drawing can plausibly be dated to circa 1535-40.
For a newly discovered and fascinating group of Cremonese drawings of this period, see A. Allegri and G. Renzi, 'Cremona sul Danubio', Prospettiva, 2019, (175-176), pp. 159-178.
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