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The image shows the back view of a person's upper body from head to knees. The person is kneeling with their body slightly turned to the right, arms extended upward and hands joined. The individual has wavy, shoulder-length hair. The muscular structure of their back and arms is detailed. The person is wearing a draped garment covering the lower part of their torso and falling over one leg. There are no visible accessories or objects in their hands. The background is mostly blank, with minimal sketch lines suggesting a surface or ground.
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The image shows the back view of a person's upper body from head to knees. The person is kneeling with their body slightly turned to the right, arms extended upward and hands joined. The individual has wavy, shoulder-length hair. The muscular structure of their back and arms is detailed. The person is wearing a draped garment covering the lower part of their torso and falling over one leg. There are no visible accessories or objects in their hands. The background is mostly blank, with minimal sketch lines suggesting a surface or ground.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

a) Study of a Man Kneeling, Looking Upward (recto); b) Studies of the Same Figure (verso)

Francesco Fontebasso

Date
c. 1733
Medium
a) pen and brown ink on laid paper b) pen and brown ink on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 20.9 × 13.3 cm (8 1/4 × 5 1/4 in.) mount: 26.8 × 19.4 cm (10 9/16 × 7 5/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2022.51.1.a-b
Credit line
Gift of Funds from Robert B. Loper
Time span
1726 to 1750
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record
Provenance

(sale, Christie’s, Paris, 26 June 2002, no. 54); private collection; (sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 26 January 2022, lot 27); (C.G. Boerner, New York); purchased by NGA, 2022.

Inscription

a) by later hand, lower right of mount in graphite: 5 b) by later hand, upper verso in graphite: 49 S. Ricci

NGA object ID 224747. 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.