Studies of Male Figures
Medium
Graphite with touches of black chalk, on cream laid paper
Dimensions
26.1 × 19 cm (10 5/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
Classification
chalk
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
60688
Art Historical Context
Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691–1765), a celebrated Italian artist and architect based in Rome, masterfully captured the grandeur of the Eternal City in his whimsical architectural capricci and vedute. This undated drawing, *Studies of Male Figures*, his prowess as a drafts beyond his famous paintings. Rendered in graphite with subtle touches of black chalk on laid paper (26.1 × 19 cm), it features quick, expressive sketches of male forms—likely preparatory studies for integrating human figures into his bustling Roman scenes. In the 18th century, artists like Panini, working in the late Baroque a...
About the Artist
Giovanni Paolo Panini · 1691–1765
Italian painter, Rome. Comment on works: Ruins; Religious; History