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Lot 12: Pietro Faccini , Bologne vers 1562 - 1602 Homme nu assis Sanguine et traces de rehauts de craie blanche

Est: €10,000 EUR - €15,000 EURSold:
Sotheby'sParis, FranceMarch 25, 2009

Item Overview

Description

Sanguine et traces de rehauts de craie blanche

Dimensions

measurements note 430 x 250 mm

Artist or Maker

Notes

Cette étude de nu est un bel exemple de la période de Pietro Faccini alors qu'il emprunte un style proche de celui de son maître, Annibale Carracci. Bien que le modelé soit quelque peu accentué, les formes sont toujours modérées et échappent à toute déformation en comparaison d'autres dessins de ce type, lorsque son style devient plus original (comme décrit par Malvasia ci-dessous). De plus, les volumes sont définis par des lignes puissantes, et le sfumato de la sanguine crée un réel contraste entre les zones d'ombre et de lumière.

Le dessin que nous présentons semble avoir été réalisé d'après nature, et bien que l'artiste puisse avoir eu un saint Jean-Baptiste à l'esprit au moment de son exécution, les académies de ce genre sont souvent des exercices personnels, en dehors de tout projet précis. Les études d'hommes nus de Faccini étaient bien connues et fort appréciées des collectionneurs. Le biographe Carlo Cesare Malvasia remarque qu'il y avait plusieurs exemples de nus par Faccini dans toutes les grandes collections de son temps, parmi lesquelles la collection du Cardinal Leopoldo de' Medici. Il note également la forte influence de, Annibale: 'tanto disegnò dal nudo, che infiniti si vedono di que' suoi modelli in tutte le piú famose raccolte, fra le quali quella del serenissimo sig. Principe Cardinal Leopoldo, presso il quale sonsene ridotte le centinaia, alle volte così guizzanti così svolazzanti e quel ch'è più, così facili e franchi che sembrano del suo maestro [Annibale Carracci], come per di sua mano molti tutto il di si vedono.'υ1

Nous remercions Aidan Weston-Lewis de nous avoir confirmé l'attribution de ce dessin à Pietro Faccini sur la base d'une photographie.

1. Voir C.C. Malvasia, Felsina Pittrice, Vite dei Pittori Bolognesi, Bologne 1971, p. 330.


A SEATED MALE NUDE

Red chalk heightened with traces of white chalk

This handsome study of a youth is a good example of the period when Faccini is closest to the graphic style of his master, Annibale Carracci. Although the modelling is somewhat accentuated, the forms are still restrained and not distorted as in other known drawings of this type, where his style becomes more eccentric (as described by Malvasia below). Futhermore, the volumes are well defined by strong lines and the sfumato of the red chalk creates contrasting areas of light and shadow.

The study appears to be drawn from life and whilst it could have been executed with a St John the Baptist in mind, academies such as these are generally personal exercises, unconnected to a specific project. Faccini's male nude studies were traditionally well-known and appreciated by collectors. The biographer Carlo Cesare Malvasia notes that there were examples of Faccini's nudes in all the most famous collections of his time, including that of Cardinal Leopoldo de' Medici. He also stresses the strong influence of Annibale: '
tanto disegnò dal nudo, che infiniti si vedono di que' suoi modelli in tutte le piú famose raccolte, fra le quali quella del serenissimo sig. Principe Cardinal Leopoldo, presso il quale sonsene ridotte le centinaia, alle volte così guizzanti così svolazzanti e quel ch'è più, così facili e franchi che sembrano del suo maestro [Annibale Carracci], come per di sua mano molti tutto il di si vedono'.υ1

We are grateful to Aidan Weston-Lewis for having endorsed the attribution of the present drawing to Pietro Faccini on the basis of a photograph.


1. See, C.C. Malvasia, Felsina Pittrice, Vite dei Pittori Bolognesi, ed. Bologna 1971, p. 330.

Auction Details

Collection Robert Lebel: Old Master and 19th-century Drawings

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Sotheby's
March 25, 2009, 12:00 PM CET

76, Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré CS 10010, Paris, Il-De-France, 75384, FR