Naked Child with Raised Arms

Ca. 1690. Black chalk on laid paper.
Not on display

The child is depicted seated on what might be the outline of a step. The foreshortened perspective or forced viewpoint of the drawing suggests that it was intended for a ceiling decoration. In the lower-right corner, there are several barely sketched decorative motifs. Although the model of the head shares similarities with that of previous drawings on similar themes, the technique can be associated with the drawings on the Martyrdom of Saint Andrew (Parish Church of Santa María, Casarrubios del Monte in Toledo). Nevertheless, there are similarities with figures in the frescoes by Donoso and Coello (painters with whom the artist worked and collaborated), including those on the ceiling of the Vestry in Toledo Cathedral.

Zapata Fernández de la Hoz, Teresa, Francisco Ignacio Ruiz de la Iglesia (1649-1703) en el Museo del Prado: revisión y nuevas atribuciones. Boletín del Museo del Prado, Museo del Prado, 2013, p.82-95 [90 f.17]

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Obras incautadas. Un proceso abierto

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Inventory number: D000297
Author: Francisco Ignacio Ruiz de la Iglesia
Title: Naked Child with Raised Arms
Date: Ca. 1690
Technique: Black chalk
Support: Laid paper
Dimension: Height: 276 mm; Width: 234 mm
Series: Obras incautadas. Un proceso abierto
Provenance: Servicio de Recuperación; asigned by the Dirección General de Bellas Artes, 1971
Entry date: 1971

Bibliography +

Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso E., Catálogo de Dibujos. Vol. I. Dibujos españoles siglos XV-XVII, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1972, pp. 85.

Sullivan, Edward J., Baroque Painting in Madrid. The contribution of Claudio Coello with a catalogue raisonné of his works, Columbia, 1986, pp. 239, nº D52.

Sullivan, Edward J., Claudio Coello y la pintura barroca madrileña, Nerea, Madrid, 1989, pp. 275, nº D52.

Zapata Fernández de la Hoz, Teresa, Francisco Ignacio Ruiz de la Iglesia (1649-1703) en el Museo del Prado: revisión y nuevas atribuciones, Boletín del Museo del Prado, XXXI, 2013, pp. 82-95 [90 f.17].