Bernardo Strozzi
Seated Male Figure
About this artwork
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artist:Bernardo Strozzi (1581 - 1644) Italian
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title:Seated Male Figure
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Black chalk, heightened with white on paper
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measurements:33.70 x 24.10 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1967
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accession number:D 4917
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Bernardo Strozzi
Bernardo Strozzi
Despite being born to impoverished parents, Strozzi became one of the most accomplished and celebrated Genoese artists of his generation. His rise to fame was by no means smooth. Following some initial artistic training under the painter Pietro Sorri, by 1599 Strozzi had decided to become a...