Study of a Standing Male Nude: Saint Sebastian

Provenance

Jacques Petithory [1928 - 1992], Paris (Lugt 4138). Paul Mathias Polakovits [1921 - 1987], Paris (Lugt 3561). (sale, Sotheby's New York, 28 January 1998, no. 17). Private collection, Tallahassee, until 2012; (Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, London); David McDonnell, Alexandria, VA, 2015; gift to NGA, 2018.

Study of a Standing Male Nude: Saint Sebastian

Confortini, Jacopo

mid-17th century

Accession Number

2018.20.3

Medium

black chalk, with stumping, on buff laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 41.8 × 24.2 cm (16 7/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of David H. McDonnell