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Head of the Swooning Virgin: Study for the Deposition (recot) Base of Column (verso)

A work made of black chalk and charcoal, with stumping and traces of white chalk, on tan laid paper, pieced and incised.
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  • A work made of black chalk and charcoal, with stumping and traces of white chalk, on tan laid paper, pieced and incised.

Date:

1568/69

Artist:

Federico Barocci
Italian, c. 1535-1612

About this artwork

After Raphael, Federico Barocci was the most important painter from Urbino; like Raphael, Barocci prepared for his painted compositions with an elaborate series of drawings. One of thirty-six known studies for his Deposition, painted c. 1568 / 69 for the Chapel of San Bernardino in the Cathedral of Perugia, this is one of three life-sized drawings, or “cartoons,” from which he transferred his design to its support.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Federico Barocci

Title

Head of the Swooning Virgin: Study for the Deposition (recot) Base of Column (verso)

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1568–1569

Medium

Black chalk and charcoal, with stumping and traces of white chalk, on tan laid paper, pieced and incised

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, on former mount (GCI): "F. Baroccio / P.M. from sale of Chesney Collection at Sothebys-1885"

Dimensions

29.4 × 23.9 cm (11 5/8 × 9 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1922.5406

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