Title: Half-Length Study of a Monk Holding a Book and a Long Implement
Object type: Drawing
Date: ca. 1637–40
Artist:  Bernardo Strozzi 
Artist bio: Italian, Genoa 1581–1644 Venice
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Black chalk, highlighted with white chalk on blue-gray paper
Dimensions: 11 7/16 x 8 5/8in. (29.1 x 21.9cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Leonardo Mondadori, in memory of his mother, Mimma Mondadori, 1997
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Books, term: Monks