Seated Youth Wearing a Monk's Habit: Study for Saint Benedict
Bartolomeo Cesi
1590
Medium
Red chalk, heightened with touches of white chalk, on blue laid paper, squared in black and red chalk
Dimensions
35.2 × 21.4 cm (13 7/8 × 8 7/16 in.)
Classification
chalk
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
6856
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
This work was modeled on a young studio assistant who appears frequently in Cesi's drawings, but it was preparatory for a painting of a much older Saint Benedict in the church of San Procolo, Bologna. The black chalk grid would have facilitated the artist in the transfer and enlarging of his design.