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Two male nudes, seen from behind by Vecchi, Giovanni de' (Giovanni del Borgo)

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An image of Title/s: Two male nudes, seen from behind 
Maker/s: Vecchi, Giovanni de' (Giovanni del Borgo) (draughtsman) [ULAN info: Italian artist, 1536-1615]
Production Notes: a study for the third figure on the left, and possibly an idea for the first figure on the left, in the lunette of the Assumption of Erigone, in the Sala del Mappamondo at Caprarola, which is inscribed '1574' but which was still being painted in at least 1576 
Technique Description: black chalk squared for transfer in black chalk on faded blue-grey paper 
Dimensions: height: 246 mm, width: 156 mm

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Title/s: Two male nudes, seen from behind Maker/s: Vecchi, Giovanni de' (Giovanni del Borgo) (draughtsman) [ULAN info: Italian artist, 1536-1615] Production Notes: a study for the third figure on the left, and possibly an idea for the first figure on the left, in the lunette of the Assumption of Erigone, in the Sala del Mappamondo at Caprarola, which is inscribed '1574' but which was still being painted in at least 1576 Technique Description: black chalk squared for transfer in black chalk on faded blue-grey paper Dimensions: height: 246 mm, width: 156 mm

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  • Accession Number: PD.30-1993
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
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