Two nude men with their shoulders facing each other: the kind of trial Pontormo repeated endlessly before he painted. It comes printed on handmade Amalfi paper, in a handmade frame.
Two male nude figures, drawn with their shoulders facing.
A figure drawing for a study, a bedroom or a hallway.
A gift for those who draw, for students of art, for lovers of the human figure.
For Pontormo the human body was the centre of everything. He studied it from life, in every pose, and only after many trials did he bring it into a painting. The Uffizi holds the largest group of his drawings.
A pose like this one forces you to understand how the shoulders and neck turn, where a muscle tightens and where it relaxes. These exercises never ended up in a painting as they are, and that is exactly why they show the painter unfiltered.
The sheet, number 6738 F in the Prints and Drawings Department, is one of the twenty-seven loans from the Uffizi to the exhibition at the Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome.
In a study or above a desk, it is the gift for those who draw and for anyone who wants to see a great master's hand at work.
Unique quality material
Print on handmade Amalfi paper Sheet size: 29 x 42 cm (11.4 x 16.5 in) Framed size: 31 x 44 cm (12.2 x 17.3 in) Material: artwork printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with deckled edges Frame: dark brown with a gold fillet, handmade, with glass
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