1538
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Three Male Nudes is a 1538 by Domenico Beccafumi, a Renaissance work, depicting Siena, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
Three muscular men stand in a tight group. Their bodies twist in different directions. One holds a bowl. Another grips a staff. The third raises his hand. Shadows slide across their skin. This is a print, not a painting. Beccafumi mixed engraving and woodcut on one sheet. He later pulled a rare print from just the engraved plate alone. Look at the way light falls. See how it models the bodies. The shadows feel soft, almost like paint. Check out chiaroscuro prints by Domenico Beccafumi.
Domenico Beccafumi was a Mannerist painter and sculptor who completed several religious and civic commissions in his home town of Siena. An experimental printmaker, Beccafumi made a chiaroscuro print, mixing engraving and woodcut on the same sheet. This print is a rare impression of the engraved plate alone.
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Domenico di Pace Beccafumi (1486 – May 18, 1551) was an Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter active predominantly in Siena. He is considered one of the last undiluted representatives of the Sienese school of painting.
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