Federico Barocci Head of a young woman ca. 1582-84 drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |
Giacomo Cavedone Head of the the Virgin mid-17th century drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |
Federico Barocci (1526-1612), born in Urbino, migrated to Rome as a young man, shaping his artistic style in the studio of Taddeo and Federico Zuccaro. Giacomo Cavedone (1577-1660), born fifty years later near Modena, also gravitated ultimately to Rome, but by way of the Carracci academy in Bologna. Approaching portraits, the progressive Barocci placed his emphasis on personal idiosyncrasies. The younger Cavedone, by contrast, clothed sitters so far as he could in the lost stability of Renaissance tradition, aiming for the regularity and restraint that had been standard practice a century earlier.
Federico Barocci Head of a man ca. 1604-08 drawing British Museum |
Giacomo Cavedone Antique bust called The Dying Alexander (Uffizi) mid-17th century drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |
Federico Barocci Head of an old man ca. 1575 drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |
Giacomo Cavedone Head of St Paul mid-17th century drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |
Federico Barocci Head of Anchises ca. 1587 drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |
Giacomo Cavedone Head of Bacchus (after antique) mid-17th century drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |
Federico Barocci Study for Head of Christ 1590s drawing British Museum |
Giacomo Cavedone Head of youth mid-17th century drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |
Giacomo Cavedone Head of a woman mid-17th century drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |
Giacomo Cavedone Head of a youth mid-17th century drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |
Giacomo Cavedone Christ with crown of thorns mid-17th century drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |
Giacomo Cavedone Head of a young woman mid-17th century drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |