# Study of a Standing Male Nude

**Giuseppe Cesari, called Cavaliere d'Arpino** (Italian, 1568–1640)  
1595/96  
Black chalk on laid paper, laid down on tan laid pulp board  
43.2 × 17.3 cm (17 1/16 × 6 13/16 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2019.876. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/248306).

## About this work

Giuseppe Cesari, called Cavaliere d'Arpino painted this in 1595/96, aged about 27. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of black chalk on laid paper, laid down on tan laid pulp board.

_Description from 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](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/giuseppe-cesari-called-cavaliere-d-arpino)

Italian, 1568–1640

## Facts

- Type: Drawing and Watercolor
- Culture: Italy
- The artist was about 27
- Real size: about 17 × 6½ in (43 × 17 cm). The 12 × 16 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 16th century
- Movement: [Renaissance](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/renaissance)
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

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