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This is a sketch of a person in a crouched position, supported by one knee and one outstretched arm. The person's facial features are not detailed. The hair is curly or wavy, following the curve of the head. The clothing appears loose-fitting with visible folds and creases. The background is plain, with the focus on the charcoal figure on lightly-toned paper.
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This is a sketch of a person in a crouched position, supported by one knee and one outstretched arm. The person's facial features are not detailed. The hair is curly or wavy, following the curve of the head. The clothing appears loose-fitting with visible folds and creases. The background is plain, with the focus on the charcoal figure on lightly-toned paper.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Kneeling Man Holding a Staff [recto]

Jacopo Tintoretto

Date
mid 1550s
Medium
charcoal heightened with white on blue laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 23.6 × 34.8 cm (9 5/16 × 13 11/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1990.10.6.a
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1551 to 1600
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Venetian
  • male
  • figure
  • Crouching
Provenance

(sale Christie's New York, 10 January 1990, lot 17); purchased (via Hazlitt, Gooden and Kox) by NGA.

Inscription

verso, in contemporary charcoal below the nude: "X"

NGA object ID 71378. 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.