Fortitude (?) - black chalk figure study

Black chalk drawing with white heightening on gray paper showing a seated figure with head tilted back and one arm raised, draped in loose cloth that falls across the legs. Loose, sketchy strokes suggest a rocky or cloudlike mass beneath, with a faint red mark near the figure's hip.

Artist

Giovanni Battista Beinaschi

Date

ca. 1640–88

Medium

Black chalk heightened with white on gray paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

2898 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum