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The image depicts a person in a dynamic pose, stretching a bow. The figure has wavy hair, a cap, and is wearing historical or fantasy-inspired clothing. They are seen from the side, with a quiver on their back, aiming an arrow forward.
National Gallery of Art · Drawing
Archer Drawing a Bow
Follower of Pietro Perugino
- Date
- c. 1505
- Medium
- black chalk and brown wash, heightened with white and squared for transfer on laid paper
- Dimensions
- overall: 26.2 x 16.7 cm (10 5/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
- Classification
- Drawing
- Accession number
- 1991.182.13
- Credit line
- Woodner Collection
- Time span
- 1501 to 1550
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- Italian
- Standing
- male
- figure
Provenance
Rudolph Weigel, Leipzig, by 1854 (as Perugino); (sale, Christie's, 8 December 1987, lot 91, as Workshop of Perugino); (Succi Ltd., London, as Workshop of Perugino); Visual Art Company, Mies, Switzerland; purchased (via Anna Marie Edlestein) by Ian Woodner, New York, 4 July 1989; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990; gift to NGA, 1991.
Inscription
by later hand, lower center verso in pen and brown ink: Perugino Maester van Raphael d'Urbino
NGA object ID 73855. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.