Saturday, November 2, 2019

Preparatory Drawings for 18th-century Pictures

Giambattista Tiepolo
Aeolus and Diana
before 1770
drawing
Minneapolis Institute of Art

Giambattista Tiepolo
Putti floating a Banner
before 1770
drawing
Minneapolis Institute of Art

Giambattista Tiepolo
Death of Hyacinth
ca. 1752-53
drawing
Minneapolis Institute of Art

Domenico Mondo
Studies for Arch Figures
ca. 1785
drawing
Minneapolis Institute of Art

attributed to Giuseppe Zocchi
Standing Woman
before 1799
drawing
Art Institute of Chicago

attributed to Martino Altomonte
Ascension of Female Saint
before 1745
drawing
Art Institute of Chicago

from Ascent

No matter how high I climb into a cloud,
Nor how cold the ultimate snow,
I shall remember how the lake below
Was green and purple . . . purple and green.

– Marie Luhrs (1932)

Giovanni Battista Cipriani
Design for Funerary Monument with Figure of Caritas
before 1785
drawing
Minneapolis Institute of Art

Donato Creti
The Astronomers
1711
drawing
Art Institute of Chicago

Silvestro Manaigo
Mucius Scaevola thrusting his Hand into the Flame
before 1734
drawing
Minneapolis Institute of Art

attributed to Pietro Antonio Novelli
Allegory in Honor of Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
ca. 1750
drawing
Art Institute of Chicago

Giuseppe Nicola Nasini
Judith and Holofernes, and other studies
ca. 1718
drawing
Art Institute of Chicago

attributed to Giuseppe Nicola Nasini
Ceiling Design with Angels
before 1736
drawing
Art Institute of Chicago

Anonymous Artist
Upper Body of Model posed with Pole
18th century
drawing
Art Institute of Chicago

Jacopo Cestaro
The Madonna rescuing Souls from Purgatory
before 1778
drawing
Minneapolis Institute of Art