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* Bernardino Barbatelli, called Il Poccetti Florence 1548 - 1612
Description
- Bernardino Barbatelli, called Il Poccetti
- study of a young man, wearing a hat, his arm raised
- inscribed on the end of the sash: P
- black chalk, heightened with white, on grayish blue paper
Provenance
Richter collection, Florence;
according to a label on the frame: Este Gallery, New York and the Geiger Collection
Catalogue Note
The vigorous stroke and attention to dramatic gesture, which characterize this drawing, relate closely to A Half Length Figure in Contemporary Dress Turned to the Left, now in the Uffizi (n. 8614F, see P.C. Hamilton, Disegni di Bernardino Poccetti, exh. cat., Florence, Uffizi, 1980, p. 110, cat. 108, reproduced fig. 132). It is possible that they might be studies of the same figure, for the coat, with its high-waisted belt, and hat, are strikingly similar. It can also be related to the Seated Woman in Contemporary Dress (Uffizi n. 816F, op. cit., pp. 109, cat. 107, reproduced figs. 130, 131) in the use of strong parallel hatchings to create transparent shadows.