Studies of a Male Nude
Giovanni Battista Naldini
c. 1550
Medium
red chalk on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 27 x 20.4 cm (10 5/8 x 8 1/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of William B. O'Neal
Accession Number
1988.69.2
About the Artist
Giovanni Battista Naldini · 1535–1591
Giovanni Battista Naldini (1537–1591) was a prominent Italian painter of the late Mannerist period, active primarily in Florence and Rome. Born in Florence, he began his artistic training at the remarkably young age of twelve, entering the studio of Jacopo Pontormo in 1549 for an eight-year apprenticeship that lasted until 1557. Pontormo's influence profoundly shaped Naldini's early style, instill...