Seated Youth Wearing a Monk's Habit: Study for Saint Benedict

1590·Red chalk, heightened with touches of white chalk, on blue laid paper, squared in black and red chalk·35.2 × 21.4 cm (13 7/8 × 8 7/16 in.)

<p>This work was modeled on a young studio assistant who appears frequently in Cesi's drawings, but it was preparatory for a painting of a much older Saint Benedict in the church of San Procolo, Bologna. The black chalk grid would have facilitated the artist in the transfer and enlarging of his design.</p>

Catalogue

Year: 1590
Medium: Red chalk, heightened with touches of white chalk, on blue laid paper, squared in black and red chalk
Dimensions: 35.2 × 21.4 cm (13 7/8 × 8 7/16 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Bartolomeo Cesi

Artist

Bartolomeo Cesi

Painting

Bartolomeo Cesi was an Italian painter and draftsman of the Bolognese School. He made easel paintings as well as frescoes. He is known mainly for his religious paintings but he also painted portraits and mythological scenes.

Bologna

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