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Half Length Figure of a Magi (verso: A Seated Ruler Half-Length Carrying a Scepter)
Giovanni Antonio Guardi1750–1760
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
A crowned magus leans forward in adoration. His eyes are closed and he holds his right hand to his chest. The contours of this half-length figure are not sharply defined; rather, blocks of red-chalk shading create the form. The result is a shimmering and dynamic composition imbued with a flickering light. This drawing was presumably a preparatory study for a now unknown painting.
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- Title: Half Length Figure of a Magi (verso: A Seated Ruler Half-Length Carrying a Scepter)
- Creator: Giovanni Antonio Guardi
- Date Created: 1750–1760
- Physical Dimensions: 25.7 × 18.7 cm (10 1/8 × 7 3/8 in.)
- Type: Drawing
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Red chalk, lower left corner made up
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 2003.9
- Culture: Italian
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Creator Display Name: Giovanni Antonio Guardi (Italian, 1699 - 1760)
- Classification: Drawings (Visual Works)
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