Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Italian drawings, 17th century

Alessandro Tiarini
Classical Head
17th century
Morgan Library

Drawings by 17th century Italian masters whose names have (more often than not) fallen into unmerited obscurity. This group is chosen from collections at the Morgan Library in New York. The Morgan Library is a venerable institution with high curatorial standards, but the descriptions provided to the public are laragely non-committal about dates of creation.

Pietro Testa
Two women di sotto in su
17th century
Morgan Library

Tanzio da Varallo
Group of Soldiers with Pikes
17th century
Morgan Library

Bernardo Strozzi
Angels & Children Dancing around the Christ Child Holding a Cross
17th century
Morgan Library

Salvatore Rosa
Ox Skulls
17th century
Morgan Library

Guido Reni
Study of Torso
17th century
Morgan Library

Giuseppe Maria Mitelli
Man Destroying Statue with Hammer
17th century
Morgan Library

Carlo Maratti
Head of a Goddess
17th century
Morgan Library

Ottavio Leoni
Portrait of Cardinal Camillo Borghese
17th century
Morgan Library

Giovanni Lanfranco
Study for Fallen Angel
17th century
Morgan Library

Anonymous (Italian School)
Putto with Cornucopia
17th century
Morgan Library

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi
Rome in Flames
17th century
Morgan Library