Half-length Figure Study for Saint Paul

Half-length Figure Study for Saint Paul by Jacopo Bassano

Medium

Charcoal heightened with brush and lead white, on blue laid paper, edge mounted to cream wove paper

Dimensions

21.5 × 19.4 cm (8 1/2 × 7 11/16 in.)

Classification

charcoal

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

137046

About the Artist

Jacopo Bassano

Son and student of Francesco Bassano I. He studied with Bonifazio de' Pitati in Venice, but returned to Bassano upon his father's death. Jacopo is best known for landscapes and genre scenes.

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