Giuseppe Cesari, called Cavaliere d'Arpino
Study of a Standing Male Nude1595/96
Giuseppe Cesari, called Cavaliere d'Arpino painted this in 1595/96, aged about 27. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago. More about this work
About this work
A work made of black chalk on laid paper, laid down on tan laid pulp board.
Description from the Art Institute of Chicago.
Giuseppe Cesari, called Cavaliere d'Arpino painted this in 1595/96, aged about 27. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.
How it was made
- Chalk
- Natural black, red and white chalks. Used together on toned paper they could give the warmth of flesh with very little effort, and they were favourites for studies from life.
- Laid paper
- Handmade on a mould of close-set wires, which leave fine parallel lines you can see when the sheet is held to the light.
Giuseppe Cesari, called Cavaliere d'Arpino
Italian, 1568–1640
Renaissance
European art from about 1400 to 1600, when painters rediscovered perspective and the classical past.
Rights and the museum’s record
Public domain. The Art Institute of Chicago has dedicated this image to the public domain under CC0, so anyone may copy, adapt and use it, for any purpose, without asking. Our prints and files are reproductions made from the museum’s image; the museum doesn’t endorse them.
- Object number
- 2019.876
- Credit
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Type
- Drawing and Watercolor
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Licence
- CC0 1.0 Universal
- Museum record
- See it on the museum’s site
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