Sunday, May 5, 2019

Pietro da Cortona (1597-1669) - Drawings after the Antique

Pietro da Cortona
Landscape with Construction of a Classical Temple
ca. 1630-40
drawing
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Pietro da Cortona
Cybele before the Council of the Gods
(design for engraving)
1633
drawing
Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Pietro da Cortona
Offering to Pomona
(study for fresco)
before 1669
drawing
Morgan Library, New York

Pietro da Cortona
Nymphs carving on Trees
before 1669
drawing
Morgan Library, New York

Pietro da Cortona
Thalia and Clio
(study for pendentive fresco, Sala di Apollo, Palazzo Pitti, Florence)
before 1669
drawing
National Galleries of Scotland

Pietro da Cortona
Two Figures
1637
drawing
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Pietro da Cortona
Seated Youth
1637
drawing
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Pietro da Cortona
Running Figure
before 1669
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Pietro da Cortona
Wind God
before 1669
drawing
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Pietro da Cortona
Woman carrying Fasces (Personification of Justice)
(study for fresco)
ca. 1631-39
drawing
British Museum

Pietro da Cortona
Two Figures with a Goose by a Rock
before 1669
drawing
National Galleries of Scotland

Pietro da Cortona
Juno appealing to Aeolus to set free the Winds
(study for fresco)
ca. 1651-54
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Pietro da Cortona
 Bust of Young Woman
1637
drawing
Albertina, Vienna

Pietro da Cortona
Figure seated on the Ground
before 1669
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain