Draped Female Figure
Guglielmo Caccia
n.d.
Medium
Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, brushed with shellac, on tan laid paper, laid down on cream wove card
Dimensions
29.1 × 15.4 cm (11 1/2 × 6 1/8 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
81992
About the Artist
Guglielmo Caccia · 1568–1625
Guglielmo Caccia (1568–1625), known as Il Moncalvo after the Piedmontese town where he worked, stands as the most important exponent of Counter-Reformation art in Piedmont. Born on May 9, 1568, in Montabone near Acqui, Caccia earned the epithet 'the Raphael of Monferrato' for his elegant sacred paintings that successfully translated Counter-Reformation spiritual ideals into visual form. Working p...