Red chalk on cream laid paper, circa 1610. 245x190 mm; 9 3/4x7 1/2 inches. With a sketch of a young cleric holding a crucifix in red chalk, verso.
Similar drawings by Cesi are in the Art Institute of Chicago (Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection, 1922.5404), the Fondazione Miniscalchi-Erizzo, Verona (inv. 130), the Uffizzi (nos. 1551-4F) and the Albertina (no. 23368).
Possibly a study for one fo the 3 kneeling figures in Cesi's fresco at the Convent of San Gibuznni in Monte, Bologna.
