Bust of Bishop Saint, with Slight Figure Sketches
1829
Medium
Black chalk, with brush and gray wash, on cream wove paper, tipped onto cream laid paper
Dimensions
17.7 × 13.9 cm (7 × 5 1/2 in.)
Classification
ink or chalk wash
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
81306
Art Historical Context
In the Prints and Drawings collection of the Art Institute of Chicago lies a delicate 1829 drawing by Carlo Dellarocca *Bust of Bishop Saint, with Slight Figure Sk*. This intimate work, measuring just 17.7 × 13.9 cm, captures solemn bust of a bishop saint—likely a devotional figure from Catholic iconography—rendered with expressive economy. Accompanying the central portrait are faint sketches of, hinting at Dellarocca's exploratory process as an artist refining ideas on paper. Crafted in black chalk combined with brush and gray wash on cream wove paper (later tipped onto laid paper for preser...