Study of Three Bearded Men (March 28, April 1 and 5)

Inscriptions

Inscribed on reverse: questa a 28. marzo / di mezzo giorno; questa altra di mezo / al p.o Aprile all'ave / Maria; quest'altra di lato a 5.Aple a hore 23; Per questo di inditoche non mi sono scordato della pittura, ma quando non ho da fare aloro disegno

Label

Drawings were an essential element of sculptors’ studio and workshop practice, just as they were for artists in other media. Sketches might be made from live models, but antique sculpture and plaster casts were also essential tools for artists practicing their skills or developing compositions. This sketch seems to depict at least two different bearded men; the balding man at right and center may be the same individual from different perspectives, while the man at the left bears the close-cropped curly hair and beard of many depictions of Roman emperors.

From the 2024 exhibition Living with Sculpture: Presence and Power in Europe, 1400–1750, curated by Elizabeth Rice Mattison, Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Academic Programming and Curator of European Art, and Ashley B. Offill, Curator of Collections

Course History

History 42.01, Women's Gender, and Sexuality Studies 22.01, Gender & European Society, Patrick Meehan, Spring 2024

History 96.39, Saints and Relics, Cecilia Gaposchkin, Spring 2024

Italian 1.01, Introductory Italian I, Noemi Perego, Spring 2024

Italian 11.01, Intensive Italian, Floriana Ciniglia, Spring 2024

Italian 2.01, Introductory Italian II, Floriana Ciniglia, Spring 2024

Italian 3.01, Introductory Italian III, Tania Convertini, Spring 2024

Italian 3.02, Introductory Italian III, Giorgio Alberti, Spring 2024

Exhibition History

16th Century Italian Graphics (Art 41), Lower Jewett Corridor, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 30-June 3, 1979.

Living with Sculpture: Presence and Power in Europe, 1400–1750, Citrin Family Gallery and Engles Family Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 23, 2024–March 22, 2025.

Master Drawings from the College Collection, Beaumont-May Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 1-October 8, 1978.

Provenance

Curtis Hidden Page (1870-1946) purchased in Germany, 1920'-1930's; to the Estate of Curtis Hidden Page (1870-1946), Hanover, New Hamsphire, sold to the Department of Art and Archaeology, Dartmouth College, 1947.

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