Studies of a Seated Nude Male Figure
Giulio Cesare Procaccini
ca. 1602–05
Medium
Black chalk on blue paper
Dimensions
6 1/16 x 4 5/16in. (15.4 x 11cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1964
Accession Number
64.48.3
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Male Nudes
About the Artist
Giulio Cesare Procaccini · 1574–1625
Painter and sculptor, son of Ercole Procaccini. Having moved to Milan with the rest of the family in the mid-1580s, he trained as a sculptor, perhaps in the workshop of Francesco Brambilla (ii), and then worked (1591–9) for the workshop of Milan Cathedral. Italian painter, printmaker.