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Frieze of Youths

Frieze of Youths

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Although the figures shown are wearing fifteenth-century costume, the drawing style is associated with the sixteenth century and later periods. Specifically, the cross-hatching technique is not found in earlier Italian drawings.
Artist
Unknown (Italian)
Title
Frieze of Youths
Date
16th or possibly 17th century
Medium
Iron-gall ink
Dimensions
10 3/4 x 15 7/8 in. Overall
Credit
University Fund purchase
Accession No.
65.14.1
Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
Geography
Italy

Related

<span>before 1965, Philippe Bamberg collection (Paris, France). 1965, Seiferheld &amp; Co. (New York, NY) sells to Elvehjem Art Center [now called the Chazen Museum of Art]</span>

  • Olszewski, Edward J. "Sixteenth-Century Italian Drawings, Volume II, A Corpus of Drawings in Midwestern Collections." Turnhout, Belgium: Harvey Miller Publishers, 2008. pp. 560-561, no. 453

  • Old Master Drawings from the Permanent Collection: Chazen Museum of Art, 7/23/2005–10/9/2005
  • Hand of the Master, The: Drawings from the Elvehjem’s Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 5/11/1985–7/28/1985
  • Schongauer to Callot: Old Master Graphics from the Permanent Collection: Elvehjem Art Center, 2/1/1974–3/10/1974
  • Title unknown [University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee]: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee , 10/1/1966–11/1/1966

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