Three Male Nudes
c. 1540–47
- Medium
- black chalk or charcoal with brush and black chalk or charcoal wash, heightened with white gouache; incised
- Dimensions
- 23.2 × 41.7 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-208508
Domenico Beccafumi was intensely aware of the work of his contemporary Michelangelo when he developed his own style for projects in Siena, south of Florence. This drawing is a study for a chiaroscuro print, a type of woodblock print using several blocks, some colored, to create light and shadow. The drawing features three male nudes whose roles are unknown. The closest figure, reclining with his back toward the viewer, recalls ancient sculptures of river gods as well as works by Michelangelo, including the reclining figures he sculpted for the Medici tombs in Florence.
Provenance
Holden Fund, 1958.313
Registry history
- c. 1540–47 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — drawings
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