Back View of a Seated Male Nude
Andrea Sacchi
1599–1661
Medium
Red chalk on pale brown paper
Dimensions
15-5/8 x 10-7/16 in. (39.7 x 26.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1964
Accession Number
64.48.4
Tags
Male Nudes
About the Artist
Andrea Sacchi · 1599–1661
Son and pupil of Benedetto Sacchi. He then worked with Francesco Albano and studied Raphael, Polidoro da Caravaggio and the artists of antiquity. He later trained numerous pupils, most notably Lauri, Gazzi and Carlo Maratti. Comment on works: Portrait; History