Standing Male Draped Figure With His Hands Raised
1565–71
Medium
Black chalk, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, on blue-green paper
Dimensions
sheet: 10 x 6 5/16 in. (25.4 x 16.1 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Guy Wildenstein Gift, 2004
Accession Number
2004.292
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Art Historical Context
In the mid-16th century,ese artist Giovanni Paolo Lom created this dynamic drawing, *Standing Male Draped With His Hands Raised* (ca. 1565–71), capturing a dramatic pose that evokes ancient sculpture or theatrical gesture. Lomazzo, a Mannerist painter and influential art theorist influenced by Leonardo da Vinci, often explored anatomical expressiveness and contrapposto in his studies. This sheet exemplifies his skill in rendering the male form—elongated, muscular, and draped in flowing cloth—likely as a preparatory sketch for a larger painting or fresco. Executed on blue-green prepared paper,...