About This Artwork
Pietro Faccini
Italian, c. 1562-1602
Half-Length Recumbent Male Nude Seen from the Backc. 1590
Charcoal, with stumping, touches of oil paint, and traces of lead white (discolored), on tan laid paper
355 x 232 mm
Inscribed verso, lower right, in pen and brown ink: "di mano di pietro faccini"; in pen and brown ink: "39"
James E. Cooper Memorial Fund and Prints and Drawings Fund #1, 1987.88
Prints and Drawings
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
New York, The Frick Collection, "From Pontormo to Seurat: Drawings Recently Acquired by The Art Institute of Chicago," April 23-July 7, 1991, n.p., cat. 9; traveled to The Art Institute of Chicago, September 10, 1991-January 5, 1992.
Ownership History
Ralph Howard, 1st Earl of Wicklow (died 1789) [New York 1987]; by descent to the Countess of Wicklow [New York 1987]; sold, Christie’s, New York, January 13, 1987, lot 7. Sold by W. M. Brady and Company, Inc., New York, to the Art Institute, 1987.