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The image is a sketch of a male figure from the knees up. The man is in a seated position, with his torso slightly turned to one side and his head looking in the opposite direction. His facial features are not detailed, but the outline suggests a firm expression and a prominent forehead. He has short hair that is indicated with soft strokes. The figure is dressed in a flowing robe, draped over his shoulders and falls in folds around his body. There are no visible objects or jewelry being held or worn by the figure. The background is a plain, textured surface with shading, and the edges of the artwork are framed with a border.
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The image is a sketch of a male figure from the knees up. The man is in a seated position, with his torso slightly turned to one side and his head looking in the opposite direction. His facial features are not detailed, but the outline suggests a firm expression and a prominent forehead. He has short hair that is indicated with soft strokes. The figure is dressed in a flowing robe, draped over his shoulders and falls in folds around his body. There are no visible objects or jewelry being held or worn by the figure. The background is a plain, textured surface with shading, and the edges of the artwork are framed with a border.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Standing Man in Classical Drapery

Girolamo Muziano

Date
1544/1549
Medium
brown and gray wash with white heightening over black chalk on green-blue paper laid on brown washed paper and then on an eighteenth-century French mount
Dimensions
overall: 41.2 × 22 cm (16 1/4 × 8 11/16 in.) support: 52 x 35 cm (20 1/2 x 13 3/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1971.62.1
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1501 to 1550
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Standing
  • Venetian
  • male
  • figure
  • Drapery study
Provenance

(Giancarlo Baroni Gallery); NGA purchase in 1971.

Inscription

pen and brown ink, bottom right "Corregio"

NGA object ID 52631. 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.