Academy Sketch of a Seated Male Figure.
Giacomo Zoboli
18th century
Medium
Black chalk
Dimensions
Sheet: 14 9/16 × 10 1/16 in. (37 × 25.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Martin Peretz, 2019
Accession Number
2019.579.6
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Male Nudes
About the Artist
Giacomo Zoboli · 1681–1767
Giacomo Zoboli, also known as Jacopo Zoboli, was born on 23 May 1681 in Modena to Giambattista Zoboli and Lucrezia Panara. He began his artistic training with an apprenticeship under the Modenese painter Francesco Stringa. From 1701 to 1707 he continued his studies in Bologna under Giovan Gioseffo Dal Sole. Returning to Modena, he contributed to the fresco decoration of the Ducal Palace between 17...