Guido RENI
Study for The centaur, Nessus
(c. 1620)

Medium
red and black chalks, heightened with white; on buff paper

Measurements
35.8 × 25.8 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Accession Number
1278.992-3

Department
International Prints and Drawings

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Subjects (general)
Human Figures Religion and Mythology

Subjects (specific)
anatomy arms (animal components) hands (animal components) Heracles and Nessus (Greco-Roman narrative) line drawings (drawings) shading studies (visual works) torsos (animal components)

Movements
Baroque