A Young Man with a Staff

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, c. 1765

The image is a sketch of a person seen from behind, in a walking or gesturing pose. The figure has curly hair, and their right arm is extended forward. The clothing is depicted with loose strokes to show folds and… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi ¹
Date: c. 1765 ¹
Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper ¹
Original: 3,031 × 4,605 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Kate Ganz, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Object record, National Gallery of Art

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