Standing Bishop / Study for a Genius of the Arts
XVIII century. White chalk, Black chalk on grey paper.Not on display
This study depicts a bishop facing forwards, with his head turned over his right shoulder. He appears to be proposing an argument with his right hand whilst he holds his cope with his left.
On the verso of the drawing, there is a nude male figure with a laurel wreath in his right hand and brushes in his left, as if it were a study for a genius of the arts, in identical technique.
Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso Emilio, Museo del Prado Catálogo de Dibujos T. III. Dibujos Españoles, Siglo XVIII C-Z, Madrid, Museo del Prado, 1977, p.38
