The Archangel Gabriel Kneeling to the Right; Small Study of Head at Lower Left. late 16th century Jacopo da Empoli (Jacopo Chimenti) Italian This monumental, evocative study of the archangel Gabriel genuflecting was intended for the composition of an Annunciation and seems to be based on a life model, presumably an assistant in the artist's workshop. The figure is fully dressed and the wings were rapidly sketched. The self-confident manner of drawing, with emphatic, elegantly rhythmic contours and a chiseled articulation of planes within, is typical of the artist, as is the pictorial treatment
The Archangel Gabriel Kneeling to the Right; Small Study of Head at Lower Left. late 16th century Jacopo da Empoli (Jacopo Chimenti) Italian This monumental, evocative study of the archangel Gabriel genuflecting was intended for the composition of an Annunciation and seems to be based on a life model, presumably an assistant in the artist's workshop. The figure is fully dressed and the wings were rapidly sketched. The self-confident manner of drawing, with emphatic, elegantly rhythmic contours and a chiseled articulation of planes within, is typical of the artist, as is the pictorial treatment of the chalk on the ochre brown ground. The drawing appears to date from 1599-1609, the time of the artist's major altarpieces of the Annunciation at the church of San Faustino in Pontedera and at the Strozzi Chapel in the church of Santa Trinita in Florence. (Carmen C. Bambach). The Archangel Gabriel Kneeling to the Right; Small Study of Head at Lower Left. 345087
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