Studies of Three Naked Men, a Right Arm and a Nude Figure Supported by Another (recto); Studies of a Figure with Left Arm Upraised, a Leg, and Putti with Foliage (verso), 1700–1710, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk (the three struggling figures) (recto); pen and purple ink, brush and purple wash (the two figures at lower right) (recto); pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk (verso), 16-7/16 x 11-9/16 in. (41.8 x 29.4 cm), Drawings, Paolo Pagani (Italian, Castello Valsolda 1661–1716 Milan), Early authors on art celebrated Pagani’s studies of male nudes, as in this group of tightly intertwined bodies, seen in a strong light so as to reveal their defined musculature and great sculptural mass
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Studies, Three Naked Men, Right Arm, Nude Figure Supported, Another, recto, Figure, Left Arm Upraised, Leg, Putti, Foliage, verso, 1700–1710, Pen, brown ink, brush, wash, black chalk, three struggling figures, pen, purple, two, lower right, 16-7/16 x 11-9/16, 41.8 29.4 cm, Drawings, Paolo Pagani, Italian, Castello Valsolda, 1661–1716, Milan, Early authors, art celebrated, Pagani, studies, male nudes, group, tightly intertwined, bodies, strong light, reveal, defined musculature, great sculptural, mass
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