A Saint Holding a Book

Attributed to Gioacchino Assereto, c. 1640

The image shows a person in a dynamic stance with one leg bent and one arm resting on a rectangular surface. The figure is facing away from the viewer with long hair flowing down to the neck. They are wearing flowing… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Attributed to Gioacchino Assereto ¹
Date: c. 1640 ¹
Medium: red chalk and brown wash, heightened with white and incised for transfer on wove paper; verso rubbed with red chalk covering a red chalk study of a reclining man seen from behind ¹
Original: 3,366 × 4,793 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of William B. O'Neal, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

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