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The image shows a sketch of a person standing upright from head to toe. The person has voluminous curls falling around their face, softly drawn facial features, and wears a flowing robe with intricate details near the lower part. The background is plain and textured, with a faint outline of a piece of furniture on the left side.
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The image shows a sketch of a person standing upright from head to toe. The person has voluminous curls falling around their face, softly drawn facial features, and wears a flowing robe with intricate details near the lower part. The background is plain and textured, with a faint outline of a piece of furniture on the left side.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Venetian Procurator of San Marco [recto]

Alessandro Longhi or Pietro Longhi

Medium
black chalk heightened with white on gray paper
Dimensions
overall (approximate): 39.6 x 25 cm (15 9/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1977.16.1.a
Credit line
Andrew W. Mellon Fund
Time span
1726 to 1750
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Baroque
  • Standing
  • Venetian
  • male
  • figure
Inscription

in later hand, upper right in graphite: -32-

NGA object ID 56285. 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.