DrawingsItalian15th century

A Female Figure Leaning Forward and a Figure of a Kneeling Man

15th century

Artists

Filippino LippiArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and white gouache with traces of black and red chalk and later retouching in loss areas, on gray prepared antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

15th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

22.8 × 19 cm (9 × 7 1/2 in.)

Provenance

B. Grahame (1878).[1] Edward John Poynter, London (Lugt 874) [sale, Sotheby’s, London, April 24-25, 1918, lot 74,[2] sold; to [P. & D. Colnaghi, London] sold; to Paul J. Sachs, 1918, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965 [1] Per Mongan-Sachs; it is not clear whether "1878" refers to the date of acquisition or dispersal. [2] Lugt notes: "...Ecole florentine, Figure drapée 120 [pounds] et mème prix pour une étude de deux figures drapées par Lippi..."

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