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The image shows a person standing upright, facing slightly to the side with their head tilted forward. The person has deep-set eyes, a bushy beard, and thick, curly hair. They are wearing flowing garments with a cloak fastened over one shoulder, depicted with loose, expressive lines. In their right hand, they are holding a staff upright. The background is plain and unadorned.
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The image shows a person standing upright, facing slightly to the side with their head tilted forward. The person has deep-set eyes, a bushy beard, and thick, curly hair. They are wearing flowing garments with a cloak fastened over one shoulder, depicted with loose, expressive lines. In their right hand, they are holding a staff upright. The background is plain and unadorned.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Standing Saint

Domenico Beccafumi

Medium
pen and brown ink on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 31.8 x 13.5 cm (12 1/2 x 5 5/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2007.68.1
Credit line
Gift of David E. Rust
Time span
1401 to 1500
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Renaissance
  • Sienese
  • Man
Provenance

(Herman Shickman Gallery, New York), 1966; David E. Rust, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2007.

Inscription

by later hand, upper right in brown ink: 87

NGA object ID 138321. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.