Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Representing Human Hands in Western Art - I

Raphael
Upraised Right Hand
1518-20
drawing
Art Institute of Chicago

attributed to Correggio
Study of Left Hand
before 1534
drawing
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Agnolo Bronzino
Study of Right Hand
ca. 1545-52
drawing
Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Bartolomeo Passarotti
Studies of Hands
ca. 1560-90
drawing-
Teylers Museum, Haarlem

Anonymous Italian Artist (formerly ascribed to Michelangelo)
Model known as Michelangelo's Hand
ca. 1580
terracotta
Victoria & Albert Museum

Anonymous Italian Artist (formerly ascribed to Michelangelo)
Model known as Michelangelo's Hand
ca. 1580
terracotta
Victoria & Albert Museum

attributed to Hendrik Goltzius
Study of Right Hand
ca. 1590-1600
engraving
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Luca Ciamberlano after Agostino Carracci
Studies of Hands
ca. 1600-1630
engraving
British Museum

Luca Ciamberlano after Agostino Carracci
Studies of Hands
ca. 1600-1630
engraving
British Museum

Luca Ciamberlano after Agostino Carracci
Studies of Hands
ca. 1600-1630
engraving
British Museum

Anonymous Italian Artist
Study of Left Hand
ca. 1600-1625
drawing
Museo del Prado, Madrid

Oliviero Gatti after Guercino
Studies of Hands
1619
engraving
Harvard Art Museums

Oliviero Gatti after Guercino
Studies of Hands
1619
engraving
Harvard Art Museums

Alessandro Allori
Three Anatomical Studies of a Hand
before 1607
drawing
Musée du Louvre