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Andrea Boscoli

Standing Academy

c. 1587
Red and black chalk, on buff laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper, tipped onto cream board
41.7 × 22.6 cm (16.4 × 8.9 in)

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An eccentric exponent of the second generation of Florentine Mannerists, Boscoli demonstrates the emphasis on figurative draftsmanship characteristic of that era. Dating from a fairly early period, this study from a wax mannequin geometricizes and abstracts the precisely analyzed forms. Heir to Pontormo' s Mannerism, and influenced by Federico Barocci's vibrant light effects, Boscoli was a stylistically pivotal figure between the Renaissance and the Baroque.

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