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| Artist | Beccafumi, Domenico (Italian painter, 1486-1551) |
| Title | Bearded Man |
| Date earliest | about 1525 |
| Date latest | about 1540 |
| Material | oil on paper |
| Measurements | 22.5 x 16.3 cm |
| Description | This sketch was executed using a basic palette of flesh tones, as well as black and brown. The use of the oil medium for sketching was unusual for the period. This experiment with oil reflects Beccafumi's interest in using different media, particularly at this date. The use of oil allowed the artist to develop this study of a man and effectively capture his expression. |
| Subject | figure |
| Collection | Brighton Museum and Art Gallery |
| Current accession number | FA102324 |
| Acquisition details | Bequeathed by L. L. Bloomfield 1916. |
| Principal exhibitions | The Draughtsman's Art: Master Drawings in the Permanent Collection, Brighton, 1995 - 1996. |
| Principal publications | The Draughtsman's Art: Master Drawings in the Permanent Collection, Brighton, 1995, p. 5. |
| Notes | See also inv. nos. FA102325 and FA102326. Beccafumi's interest in the possibilities offered by different media to create paintings, sculpture, prints and architecture, could be seen as a reflection of the ideas and interests of the Renaissance period. The use of oil to produce these sketches is very unusual for the period. A number of oil sketches by the artist survive and their production seems to have coincided with the artist's experimentation with woodblock printing in the 1520s and 1530s. Both media offered the artist the opportunity to convey depth through tone. For further examples of Beccafumi's studies of heads and figures, see: Torriti, P., Beccafumi, Milan, 1998. For Beccafumi's printing methods and drawings, see: Lincoln, E., The Invention of the Italian Renaissance Print Maker, New Haven, 2000. |
| Rights status | Brighton Museum and Art Gallery |
| Author | Bryony Bartlett-Rawlings |
