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Source Description
By the late 1600s, painters of religious subjects, such as Carlo Vimercati, sought to make the content of their church decorations more accessible to a general congregation through the use of dramatic gestures and observed naturalistic details. Such artists often relied on figure studies like this drawing of a posed studio assistant to capture the dress and physique of everyday people and thus imbue their paintings with realistic elements.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
140054
label
Rear View of Seated Man
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
140054
contentType
drawing
title
Rear View of Seated Man
description
By the late 1600s, painters of religious subjects, such as Carlo Vimercati, sought to make the content of their church decorations more accessible to a general congregation through the use of dramatic gestures and observed naturalistic details. Such artists often relied on figure studies like this drawing of a posed studio assistant to capture the dress and physique of everyday people and thus imbue their paintings with realistic elements.
date
late 1600s?
citation
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80037659
creators
27233
genreSpecific
Drawing
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 27.8 x 17.8 cm (10 15/16 x 7 in.)
cul
Italy, 17th century
accession
1963.72
Source extras
tec
red chalk heightened with white chalk
tombstone
Rear View of Seated Man, late 1600s?. Carlo Vimercati (Italian, 1660–1715). Red chalk heightened with white chalk; sheet: 27.8 x 17.8 cm (10 15/16 x 7 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leopold Blumka, 1963.72
supportMaterials
description
beige(1) laid paper prepared with a light brown wash
collection
DR - Italian
inscriptions
inscription
VERSO, upper right, in graphite: CARRACCI / Soc. G - 631 / OA ; upper center, in graphite: Pontormo
didYouKnow
Red chalk was a common medium used by artists of the 1600s to make drawings from live models.
creditline
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leopold Blumka
updatedAt
2026-05-29 07:10:25.805000
sourceId
140054
dept
Drawings
coll
DR - Italian
med
red chalk heightened with white chalk
creatorTags
male
thumbnail_url
image_url
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
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photo
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