Sleeping Nude Figure - FIGINO, Giovanni Ambrogio - WGA
Sleeping Nude Figure by FIGINO, Giovanni Ambrogio
Sleeping Nude Figure by FIGINO, Giovanni Ambrogio

Sleeping Nude Figure

by FIGINO, Giovanni Ambrogio, Pencil and white chalk on blue paper, 277 x 426 mm

Figino learnt from his master, Giovan Paulo Lomazzo, a systematic, precise process for naturalistic rendering. He began by copying works by the best artists - Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo - then moved on to making drawings after antique sculpture, and finally was deemed capable of studying from live model. The picture shows a life study for one of the sleeping apostles in the Agony of the Garden in Santa Maria della Passione, Milan.

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