id: 140054 accession number: 1963.72 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1963.72 updated: 2022-01-04 16:26:17.472000 Rear View of Seated Man, late 1600s?. Carlo Vimercati (Italian, 1660-1715). Red chalk heightened with white chalk; sheet: 27.8 x 17.8 cm (10 15/16 x 7 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leopold Blumka 1963.72 title: Rear View of Seated Man title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: late 1600s? creation date earliest: 1680 creation date latest: 1700 current location: creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leopold Blumka copyright: --- culture: Italy, 17th century technique: red chalk heightened with white chalk department: Drawings collection: DR - Italian type: Drawing find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Carlo Vimercati (Italian, 1660-1715) - artist --- measurements: Sheet: 27.8 x 17.8 cm (10 15/16 x 7 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: description: beige(1) laid paper prepared with a light brown wash watermarks: inscriptions: inscription: VERSO, upper right, in graphite: CARRACCI / Soc. G - 631 / OA ; upper center, in graphite: Pontormo translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review (1963) opening date: 1963-11-26T05:00:00 Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 26, 1963-January 5, 1964). title: Old Master Drawings opening date: 1964-03-10T05:00:00 Old Master Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 10-30, 1964). title: Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection opening date: 1986-12-15T05:00:00 Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 15, 1986-March 1, 1987). title: Concept, Dogma and Feeling: Italian Drawings 1550-1650 opening date: 1991-08-27T04:00:00 Concept, Dogma and Feeling: Italian Drawings 1550-1650. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27-October 20, 1991). title: Stories From Storage opening date: 2021-02-07T05:00:00 Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * CMA, Concept, Dogma, and Feeling: Italian Drawings 1550-1650 (Aug. 27-Oct. 20, 1991).
CMA, Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection (Dec. 15, 1986-Mar. 1, 1987).
CMA, Old Master Drawings (Mar. 10-30, 1964).
CMA, "Year in Review for 1963" (Nov. 26, 1963-Jan. 5, 1964), cma Bulletin 50 (1963), p. 293 no. 115 (as having acc. no. 63.73). --- PROVENANCE Ludwig Pollak, Rome (Lugt 788b, lower right, in black ink). [Salocchi & Freschi, Florence] date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Red chalk was a common medium used by artists of the 1600s to make drawings from live models. digital description: wall description: By the late 1600s, painters of religious subjects, such as Carlo Vimercati, sought to make the content of their church decorations more accessible to a general congregation through the use of dramatic gestures and observed naturalistic details. Such artists often relied on figure studies like this drawing of a posed studio assistant to capture the dress and physique of everyday people and thus imbue their paintings with realistic elements. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1963.72/1963.72_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1963.72/1963.72_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1963.72/1963.72_full.tif