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Antonio Viviani, dit Il Sordo<br />

Urbino 1560 - 1620<br />

Étu<strong>de</strong> pour un projet <strong>de</strong> plaque funéraire<br />

Study for a Design of a Tomb Plaque<br />

Plume et encre brune, lavis brun<br />

Pen and brown ink, brown wash<br />

206 x 192 mm (8 1 /8 x 7 1 /2 in.)<br />

L’attribution <strong>de</strong> ce <strong>de</strong>ssin n’est pas facile tant il est typique du maniérisme italien dont<br />

il rappelle <strong>de</strong> nombreux artistes. Il est tout <strong>de</strong> même possible d’effectuer un rapprochement<br />

stylistique convainquant avec d’autres <strong>de</strong>ssins au lavis d’Antonio Viviani, élève<br />

<strong>de</strong> Fe<strong>de</strong>rico Barocci et originaire d’Urbino. On peut notamment le comparer avec un<br />

<strong>de</strong>ssin représentant une Sainte en prière (marché <strong>de</strong> l’art) ou encore avec un <strong>de</strong>ssin du<br />

musée du Louvre (inv. 2045). L’usage flui<strong>de</strong> du lavis, alterné avec <strong>de</strong>s zones <strong>de</strong> petites<br />

hachures, l’importance du papier en réserve, les petites physionomies renfrognées, la<br />

façon <strong>de</strong> faire les mains sont dans les trois cas très semblables.<br />

It is not an easy task to attribute this drawing as it is typical of Italian Mannerism and<br />

recalls many of its representatives. However, it is possible to make a convincing stylistic<br />

comparison with other drawings in wash by Antonio Viviani, a pupil of Fe<strong>de</strong>rico<br />

Barocci and a native of Urbino. We can compare it in particular to a sheet representing<br />

a Saint in Prayer (art market) and a drawing representing various saints (Louvre,<br />

inv. 2045). Fluid use of wash that the artist alternates with small areas in hatching,<br />

the importance given to the reserve of the paper, small sullen physiognomies and the<br />

manner of drawing hands are all very similar in the three drawings.<br />

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