Fighting Horsemen, c. 1565-1566
Luca Cambiaso or his workshopexpand_more
Pen and brown ink and brown wash over black chalkexpand_more
Gift of funds from David M. Danielsexpand_more 65.43.2
Not on Viewexpand_more
The virtuoso draftsman Luca Cambiaso was the leading artist of 16th-century Genoa. He was so prolific that his wife and his servant reportedly stoked the fire with his drawings. Even so, thousands of studies by his hand survive, more than by any other Renaissance artist.
This sketch exhibits Cambiaso’s trademark cubic simplification of forms—in the heads, arms, and legs of the riders—and distinctive swift handling and lively pen lines. His inventive figural vocabulary and imaginative compositions inspired hundreds of imitators, making it difficult to distinguish his drawings from those of his followers. The watermark on this sheet locates the paper in or near Cambiaso’s studio.
Details
- Title
- Fighting Horsemen
- Artist Life
- Italian (Genoa), 1527 - 1585
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 65.43.2
- Provenance
- Richard Cosway, Lugt 629, London (until d. 1821). Private collection, England ['Sir Gregory Osborne Page-Turner, Bt., Battlesden Park, Battlesden, Bedfordshire] (until 1828; sale, Christie's, London, March 15, 1828, possibly in nos. 116-120. [Apolloni, Rome, until 1965]
- Curator Approved
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