Gioacchino Assereto

Genoese, 1600 - 1650

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The image shows a person in a dynamic stance with one leg bent and one arm resting on a rectangular surface. The figure is facing away from the viewer with long hair flowing down to the neck. They are wearing flowing robes and holding a tablet. The background is a simple textured surface.
Gioacchino Assereto, A Saint Holding a Book, c. 1640, red chalk and brown wash, heightened with white and incised for transfer on wove paper; verso rubbed with red chalk covering a red chalk study of a reclining man seen from behind, Gift of William B. O'Neal, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1991.150.68

A Saint Holding a Book

Gioacchino Assereto · c. 1640 · red chalk and brown wash, heightened with white and incised for transfer on wove paper; verso rubbed with red chalk covering a red chalk study of a reclining man seen from behind ·  Accession ID  1991.150.68