Studies of Three Naked Men, a Right Arm and a Nude Figure Supported by Another (recto); Studies of a Figure

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Studies of Three Naked Men, a Right Arm and a Nude Figure Supported by Another (recto); Studies of a Figure with Left Arm Upraised, a Leg, and Putti with Foliage (verso), 1700–1710, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk (the three struggling figures) (recto); pen and purple ink, brush and purple wash (the two figures at lower right) (recto); pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk (verso), 16-7/16 x 11-9/16 in. ( x cm), Drawings, Paolo Pagani (Italian, Castello Valsolda 1661–1716 Milan), Early authors on art celebrated Pagani’s studies of male nudes, as in this group of tightly intertwined bodies, seen in a strong light so as to reveal their defined musculature and great sculptural mass

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