Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Blue Paper – Italian Drawings – 1600-1650

Anonymous Artist working in Rome
Figure Study, Half-length
ca. 1600-1615
drawing on blue paper
Teylers Museum, Haarlem

Francesco Albani
Fall of Phaeton
(study for fresco in Palazzo Giustiniani, Rome)
ca. 1609
drawing on blue paper
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Alessandro Allori
Figure of Time with Venus and Cupid
early 17th century
drawing on blue paper
Musée du Louvre

Annibale Carracci
Study for St Andrew
early 17th century
drawing on blue paper
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Il Cigoli
Drapery Study of Kneeling Female Figure
ca. 1607-1613
drawing on blue paper
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

attributed to Francesco Vanni
 Seated Female Figure in Prayer
early 17th century
drawing on blue paper
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Ottavio Leoni
Portrait of a Youth
1620
drawing on blue paper
British Museum

Giulio Cesare Procaccini
Study for Sibyl
before 1625
drawing on blue paper
British Museum

attributed to Guercino
Adoration of the Shepherds
ca. 1626-27
drawing on blue paper
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Sassoferrato
Judith with the Head of Holofernes
ca. 1630-40
drawing on blue paper
Royal Collection, Great Britain


Cavaliere d'Arpino
Figure Study, Half-length
before 1640
drawing on blue paper
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Domenichino
Head of St Mark
before 1641
drawing on blue paper
Teylers Museum, Haarlem

attributed to Guido Reni
The Annunciation
before 1642
drawing on blue paper
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Ottavio Vannini
Seated Figure Writing
before 1644
drawing on blue paper
British Museum

Pietro Testa
Allegory of Genius escaping Time
ca. 1644
drawing on blue paper
Teylers Museum, Haarlem