Study of a Boy in a Blue Jacket. #1
by Benedetto Luti
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Study of a Boy in a Blue Jacket. #1
Artist
Benedetto Luti
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Study of a Boy in a Blue Jacket. Artist: Benedetto Luti (Italian, Florence 1666-1724 Rome). Dimensions: 16 x 13 in. (40.6 x 33 cm). Date: 1717.
Trained partly in Rome, where he settled in 1690, Luti enjoyed the patronage of Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. He was admitted to the Accademia di San Luca in 1694 and elected its principal in 1720. In addition to being a painter, draftsman, and pastelist, Luti was a connoisseur, collector, and dealer. His pastels fall into three groups: portraits, bearded male heads thought to represent apostles, and studies from the model. This work is the best of a number of versions of a study of a boy wearing a blue coat in which Luti conveys the disarming directness and sweetness of childhood. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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