Two Studies of a Seated Male Nude, Follower of Jacopo da Pontormo, mid-16th century

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Two Studies of a Seated Male Nude, mid-16th century, Black chalk, 14 9/16 x 8 in. (37 x cm), Drawings, Follower of Jacopo da Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci) (Italian, Pontormo 1494–1556 Florence), Softly modeled in black chalk, this monumental and sculpturesque figure of a nude man with a hypnotic gaze bears a musical instrument known as a syrinx, which may suggest his identification as a mythological figure, such as Apollo

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