Skip to main content

Visit Main Menu Block

  • Hours & Admission
  • Accessibility & Amenities
  • Tours & Group Visits
  • Visitor Guidelines

Exhibitions and Events Main Menu Block

  • Exhibitions
  • Events

Art and Design Main Menu Block

  • The Collection
  • Projects & Publications
  • Past Exhibitions

Footer Main

  • Become a Member
  • Give
  • Who We Are
  • Opportunities
  • Rent the Museum

Image

Previous 1 2 3 / 3 Next

Giuseppe Cesari, called Cavaliere d’Arpino

Head of a Satyr, 1600 - 1625

Now On View

Description

Maker

  • Giuseppe Cesari, called Cavaliere d’Arpino, 1568-1640, Italian

Title

Head of a Satyr

Year

1600 - 1625

Medium

Red chalk on laid paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • chalk

Supports

  • White paper turned buff

Dimensions

28.9 x 22.2 cm (11 3/8 x 8 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed in pen and ink in LL: "Cav.r Giuseppe"

Numbered in UL in pen and ink:174

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

58.064

Projects & Publications

Publications

Old Master Drawings from the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Drawing Closer

March 12 - September 4, 2022

Satyrs are bawdy mythological creatures, part human and part animal. In creating this vivid but imaginary likeness, Cesari handled the red chalk much like a pen while also exploiting its distinctive characteristics. Starting with light, powdery outlines, such as those around the head, the artist built up volume and shading with sharp hatching and crosshatching. He then blended the chalk around the eyes to create an even tone, adding saturated accents such as the nostrils by wetting the tip of the chalk.

Old Master Drawings

September 2 - October 16, 1983

Italian Drawings from the Museum's Collection

March 17 - April 16, 1961

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Head of a Satyr with the accession number of 58.064. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

Feedback

We view our online collection as a living documents, and our records are frequently revised and enhanced. If you have additional information or have spotted an error, please send feedback to curatorial@risd.edu.

RISD Museum

  •  Facebook
  •  Twitter
  •  Instagram
  •  Vimeo
  •  Pinterest
  •  SoundCloud

Footer Main

  • Become a Member
  • Give
  • Who We Are
  • Opportunities
  • Rent the Museum

Footer Secondary

  • Image Request
  • Press Office
  • Rent the Museum
  • Terms of Use