A Man Resting on a Staff

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Artist: Paolo Farinati (Italian, Verona 1524–1606 Verona)
Date: n.d.
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, with white heightening over traces of black chalk
Dimensions: sheet: 15 5/16 x 6 5/8 in. (38.9 x 16.8 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Joseph F. McCrindle Collection, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, 2008
Accession no.: 2009.31.6

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Paolo Farinati
c. 1588 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00003530
Roman Soldier
Paolo Farinati
c. 1545 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00004198
Project for the Decoration of a Spandrel: Winged Female Figure Holding a Tablet and a Crown
Paolo Farinati
1524–1606 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00019868
Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Paul
Paolo Farinati
1524–1606 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00019869

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.