Matteo Rosselli (Florence 1578-1650)

A prime example of academic draftsmanship of the Florentine Baroque, this study for a standing draped figure was modelled with soft red chalk by Matteo Rosselli, who entered the Accademia del Disegno in 1599. The sheet relates to similar heavily draped figure studies in the Uffizi, all executed in red chalk (A.M. Petrioli Tofani, Gabinetto disegni e stampe degli Uffizi. Inventario. Disegni di figura, II, Florence, 2005, nos. 1069 F, 1071 F, 1074 F, ill.), and might be for the shepherd to the right of Rosselli’s Nativity in the Museo Civico, Pisa.