Charcoal drawing on blue paper of a bearded older man turning his head upward, with white highlights and a vertical staff at the left edge.

Half-length Figure Study for Saint Paul

A bearded older man in three-quarter view turns his head upward and to the left, his torso and outstretched arm filling the sheet. Charcoal strokes model the form, with white highlights on blue paper, and a vertical staff or pole appears at the left edge.

Artist: Jacopo Bassano
Date: 1561/65
Medium: Charcoal heightened with brush and lead white, on blue laid paper, edge mounted to cream wove paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1870 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1565).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Margaret Day Blake Collection

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