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The image shows a drawing of a person standing in a three-quarter turn, with their head slightly turned to the left. The person has medium-length hair and is wearing a long, flowing cloak and boots. They are holding part of the cloak close to their chest with their right hand. The background is plain with a lightly textured surface.
National Gallery of Art · Drawing
A Standing Male Figure, Facing Left
Ludovico Cardi called Cigoli
- Date
- 1590s
- Medium
- red chalk on laid paper
- Dimensions
- sheet: 39 × 26.5 cm (15 3/8 × 10 7/16 in.) mount: 48 × 36.2 cm (18 7/8 × 14 1/4 in.)
- Classification
- Drawing
- Accession number
- 2018.26.6
- Credit line
- The Edith Tanenbaum Rudolf Collection
- Time span
- 1551 to 1600
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- Costume
- Man
Provenance
Ian Woodner, New York. (sale, Christie's, London, 2 July 1991, no. 256). (Colnaghi Drawings, London, by 1995); Mr. and Mrs. William Rudolf, New York, 1995; gift to NGA , 2018
Inscription
by later hand, upper right in graphite: Cigoli; by later hand, lower right in brown ink: Andrea
Watermarks
crown above cross
NGA object ID 213128. 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.