Study of a nude elderly man, Bacchus or one of his companions

A bearded, nude older man with a laurel-like wreath turns sharply to the right, gripping a long staff upright in one raised hand. He sits on draped cloth, rendered in black and red chalk with white heightening on blue-grey paper.

Artist

Giovanni Battista Merano

Date

1660–70

Medium

Black, red crayon, brush and white heightening on blue-grey paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

1936 × 2999 px

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