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
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creation date:			late 1600s?
creation date earliest:		1680
creation date latest:		1700
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leopold Blumka
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culture:	Italy, 17th century
technique:	red chalk heightened with white chalk
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - Italian
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Carlo Vimercati (Italian, 1660-1715)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 27.8 x 17.8 cm (10 15/16 x 7 in.)
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	description:	beige(1) laid paper prepared with a light brown wash
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	VERSO, upper right, in graphite: CARRACCI / Soc. G - 631 / OA ; upper center, in graphite: Pontormo
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review (1963)
	opening date:   1963-11-26T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1963)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 26, 1963-January 5, 1964).

	title:		Old Master Drawings
	opening date:   1964-03-10T05:00:00
	<i>Old Master Drawings</i>. 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
	<i>Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection</i>. 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
	<i>Concept, Dogma and Feeling: Italian Drawings 1550-1650</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27-October 20, 1991).

	title:		Stories From Storage
	opening date:   2021-02-07T05:00:00
	<i>Stories From Storage</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA, Concept, Dogma, and Feeling: Italian Drawings 1550-1650 (Aug. 27-Oct. 20, 1991).<br>CMA, Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection (Dec. 15, 1986-Mar. 1, 1987).<br>CMA, Old Master Drawings (Mar. 10-30, 1964).<br>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).

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PROVENANCE

	Ludwig Pollak, Rome (Lugt 788b, lower right, in black ink). [Salocchi & Freschi, Florence]
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fun fact: 
Red chalk was a common medium used by artists of the 1600s to make drawings from live models.

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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.
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