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PAINTINGS AND STUDIES
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study of a torso. A sheet full of interest as an
example of Antonio’s atelier studies from the nude
model, dashed in with characteristic energy.
In the collection of M. Bonnat, Paris, is a pen drawing
washed with sepia, of a young man standing in a defiant
attitude, his arms folded on his chest. The expression
of the face is concentrated, and the figure, most
realistically treated, vibrates with energy. It is another
atelier study from the life. The pen touch has not the
flashing Leonardesque quality of Antonio’s best draw-
ings, but it is sharp and decisive enough to warrant the
attribution to his own hand.
In connection with the classic nudes of the “ Discord ”
may be noticed four' fine studies of a Hernia in the Uffizi
Collection (Cornice 34, No. 267). As in the nudes of
the stucco relief, there is something that anticipates the
athletes of Michelangelo in the muscular torso, which is
repeated four times in different positions. Here also
the influence of the Roman antique is evident, and the
drawing may be placed at as late a date as the relief.
On the back of the sheet are two male nudes standing,
and a draped seated figure.
Another study in the same collection (Cornice 42, No.
246) is very characteristic of his interest in violent
action. A male figure seen from the back strides
forward as though in amazement, his hands outstretched
towards another, who, seated, gazes at him with horror,
Whatever the scene may have been intended to illustrate,
it is in the highest degree dramatic. To the left, but
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129
study of a torso. A sheet full of interest as an
example of Antonio’s atelier studies from the nude
model, dashed in with characteristic energy.
In the collection of M. Bonnat, Paris, is a pen drawing
washed with sepia, of a young man standing in a defiant
attitude, his arms folded on his chest. The expression
of the face is concentrated, and the figure, most
realistically treated, vibrates with energy. It is another
atelier study from the life. The pen touch has not the
flashing Leonardesque quality of Antonio’s best draw-
ings, but it is sharp and decisive enough to warrant the
attribution to his own hand.
In connection with the classic nudes of the “ Discord ”
may be noticed four' fine studies of a Hernia in the Uffizi
Collection (Cornice 34, No. 267). As in the nudes of
the stucco relief, there is something that anticipates the
athletes of Michelangelo in the muscular torso, which is
repeated four times in different positions. Here also
the influence of the Roman antique is evident, and the
drawing may be placed at as late a date as the relief.
On the back of the sheet are two male nudes standing,
and a draped seated figure.
Another study in the same collection (Cornice 42, No.
246) is very characteristic of his interest in violent
action. A male figure seen from the back strides
forward as though in amazement, his hands outstretched
towards another, who, seated, gazes at him with horror,
Whatever the scene may have been intended to illustrate,
it is in the highest degree dramatic. To the left, but
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