Benedetto Luti drawing, A male nude (320 mm x 510 mm) Old Master Drawing - Benedetto Luti Start Price USD 6,500.00 Current Price USD 6,500.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, May 08, 2008 End Time Sunday, May 18, 2008 Location Monterey See more about 'Benedetto Luti drawing, A male nude (320 mm x 510 mm)' Description Benedetto Luti, A male nude (320 mm x 510 mm) BENEDETTO LUTI Florence 1666 — 1724 Rome Study of a Standing Male Nude Red chalk on paper (35 x 51 cm). Watermark: Crest with Lily provenance:private collection, London UK until 2003 when it was purchased by Prof. Mario di Giampaolo. The drawing is probably from the Kent sale in London in 1760s? The attribution has been confirmed by Mario di Giampaolo, Florence, in a letter dated November 2004, after having seen (purchased) the present drawing in original. Benedetto Luti was born in Florence but moved to Rome , where he was elected to the Accademia di San Luca in 1694 and quickly rose to prominence as one of the leading painters of the early eighteenth century. His style was a rich combination of Florentine Baroque light and colour with Roman compositional modes, but his activities as an academician, dealer and collector left him relatively little time for painting. He was however a prolific draughtsman, celebrated for his heads in coloured chalks, and in his role as an academician he frequently taught in the life classes. A part of his collection was bought from his heirs in 1759 by a dealer named Kent (not to be confused with the artist and architect William Kent, who had studied under Luti in Rome some forty years earlier and died in 1748). The drawings were brought to London by Kent and sold at two auctions in December 1760 and December 1762. A sketchbook in the Albertina, compiled by Luti's pupil Bartolomeo Altomonte, contains a number of free copies of drawings in Luti's collection, and the originals of many of these copies can be identified today at Windsor. Payment must be received within 10 days of the end of the auction Shipping & Handling to be paid by winning bidder, insurance extra Please look at my other items for sale!   Place a Bid!