Lot 307: Francesco Montelatici, called Cecco Bravo (Florence 1600-1661 Innsbruck)

Francesco Montelatici, called Cecco Bravo (Florence 1600-1661 Innsbruck)
A reclining male nude
with inscriptions 'giorgione barbarelli pittore Veneziano.' (lower left corner) and '501' (centre of the left margin)
red and white chalk on brown paper
10¼ x 15 1/8 in. (26 x 38.4 cm.)

Unidentified collector's mark (not in Lugt).

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Related to two other red-chalk drawings, also showing a reclining youthful male nude seen from behind, in the Uffizi (inv. 10618F and 10636F; A. Masetti, Cecco Bravo: pittore toscano del Seicento, Venice, 1962, no. 173, fig. 94; A. Barsanti and R. Contini, Cecco Bravo: pittore senza regola, Milan, 1999, no. 30). The pose of the figure, both here and in the Uffizi drawings, suggests the theme of Narcissus admiring his reflection in a pool, although no painting of this subject by Cecco Bravo is known.