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Studies of a Satyr and Diana (recto); Study of Diana (verso)
Studies of a Satyr and Diana (recto); Study of Diana (verso)

Studies of a Satyr and Diana (recto); Study of Diana (verso)

Primary (Cremona, Italy, 1671–Bologna, Italy, 1749)
NationalityItalian, Europe
Date1693
MediumPen and brown ink on cream antique laid paper (recto); pen and brown ink (verso)
DimensionsSheet: 8 × 7 11/16 in. (20.3 × 19.6 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Suida-Manning Collection, 2017.1070
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2017.1070
On View
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Label Text
Reacting against the formulae of academic Baroque painting, Creti attempted to return to the style’s first principles in the art of Guido Reni. The same ideality and affirmation of Bolognese tradition are evident in his drawings. Mostly in pen and ink, they are admirable in structure and fluency, but unnatural, rather abstract, in their regularity and abbreviations.