Study for a seated man (recto); Study of a draped standing man (verso)

First proposed by Anna Maria Petrioli Tofani, the attribution to Coccapani has been confirmed by Elisa Acanfora, whom we thank. A typical motif in 17th Century Florentine draftsmanship, the heavily draped figure on the verso finds close comparisons with Coccapani’s preparatory studies in red chalk for the frescoes in the Cloister of San Marco (1613), in the Uffizi and in Venice, especially in its energetic rendering of the model. Still close to the style of Coccapani's master, Ludovico Cardi, called Cigoli, the study on the recto appears more sharply defined and similar to a study in the Morgan Library and Museum (for all the drawings mentioned, see E. Acanfora, Sigismondo Coccapani. Ricomposizione del catalogo, Florence, 2017, nos. D.42, D.76, D.136, D. 19v, D 119r).
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