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Jacopo Chimenti, called Jacopo da Empoli (Empoli 1554-1640)
Lot 12

Jacopo Chimenti, called Jacopo da Empoli (Empoli 1554-1640)

An elegantly dressed young man wearing a hat

Closed3 July 2018

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Jacopo Chimenti, called Jacopo da Empoli (Empoli 1554-1640)
An elegantly dressed young man wearing a hat
traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash
11 3/8 x 5¾ in. (29 x 14.7 cm)

Anonymous sale; Helbing, Frankfurt, 3-4 May 1932, lot 449.
Walther Bernt (1900-1980), and by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

The execution of this sheet, with its strong yet occasionally tremulous penwork, as well as its subject are entirely characteristic of Empoli's drawings. Elegantly dressed men, often in a classical contrapposto, appear frequently in his drawn œuvre and the present sheet may be compared to two drawings in the Uffizi showing men in similar fashion (inv. 3458F and 953F; A. Marabottini, Jacopo di Chimenti da Empoli, Rome, 1988, pp. 154 and 157, pls. LXXXII and XC).