Young Warrior, Seen from Behind, Lifting a Curtain

1550·Pen and brown ink, and brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over black chalk, on cream laid paper·43.2 × 28 cm (17 1/16 × 11 1/16 in.)

<p>Throughout his career, Salviati produced drawings for various purposes and in a variety of media that display artifice and stylistic f lair. This sheet is notable for its deftly applied brown wash, including thick strokes, quick accents, and sinuous contours. The result is eloquently pictorial, which suggests that Salviati may have intended it as an independent work of art.</p> <p>Salviati’s bravura graphic performance is matched by his deft interpretation of the subject, especially in the balletic pose of the young soldier balanced on one foot as he gingerly lifts the curtain.</p>

Catalogue

Year: 1550
Medium: Pen and brown ink, and brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over black chalk, on cream laid paper
Dimensions: 43.2 × 28 cm (17 1/16 × 11 1/16 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Francesco Salviati

Artist

Francesco Salviati

Painting

Francesco Salviati or Francesco de' Rossi was an Italian Mannerist painter who lived and worked in Florence, with periods in Bologna and Venice, ending with a long period in Rome, where he died. He is known by various names, usually the adopted one of Francesco Salviati or Il Salviati, after an early patron, but also Francesco Rossi and Cecchino del Salviati.

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