Standing Female Figure by Max Weber https://www.nga.gov/artworks/204427-standing-female-figure
Inscriptions lower right in graphite: Max Weber; lower left corner in graphite by unknown hand
Inscriptions lower right in graphite: Max Weber; lower left corner in graphite by unknown hand
Inscriptions & Marks Inscriptions by later hand, lower right in brown ink: Bison
September 30–December 31, 2012 Inscriptions & Marks Inscriptions by unknown hand
In her right hand, to our left, she holds a single pink carnation in front of her
A popular subject in Counter–Reformation Italy and Spain, Ribera’s profoundly moving work portrays the apostle’s final moments before he is to be flayed alive. The viewer is meant to empathize with Bartholomew, whose body seemingly bursts through the surface of the canvas, and whose outstretched arms embrace a mystical light that illuminates his flesh.
His other arm is bent at the elbow near the lower left corner, and he holds that hand
His left hand, nearest us, is placed on the miser’s shoulder.
Inscriptions & Marks Inscriptions upper right verso in graphite by unknown hand
Inscriptions signed by artist, lower right below plate, in graphite: Picasso; by later hand
.; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: a 50026; by later hand, lower right
verso: Evans estate stamp with inventory number I-18 added in graphite; by later hand