Bartolomeo Cesi
Italian, 1556-1629
Seated Youth Wearing a Monk's Habit: Study for Saint Benedict
INV-6856
Bartolomeo Cesi
Italian, 1556-16291590
Seated Youth Wearing a Monk's Habit: Study for Saint Benedict
Bartolomeo Cesi Italian, 1556-1629 →chalkdrawings (visual works)
Date
1590
Medium
Red chalk, heightened with touches of white chalk, on blue laid paper, squared in black and red chalk
Dimensions
35.2 × 21.4 cm (13 7/8 × 8 7/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
This work was modeled on a young studio assistant who appears frequently in Cesi's drawings, but it was preparatory for a painting of a much older Saint Benedict in the church of San Procolo, Bologna. The black chalk grid would have facilitated the artist in the transfer and enlarging of his design.
Also notable
Works in the same vein
Holy Family with Saint John the Evangelist and the Infant John the Baptist
Bartolomeo Cesi Italian, 1556-1629
Standing Monk Holding a Book and Staff
Bartolomeo Cesi Italian, 1556-1629
Study for Allegory of Faith and Silence
Bartolomeo Cesi (Italian, 1556-1629) or School of Perino del Vaga (Italian, 1500/01-1547)
