Seated Male Nude Holding a Staff
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt
Artist bio: German, Wiesensteig 1736–1783 Pressburg
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: German
Date: mid-18th–late 18th century
Medium: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 16 7/16 x 10 1/2 in.  (41.8 x 26.7 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947
Accession year: 1947
Tags: Male Nudes