Standing Youth in Profile to Right, Holding Staff n.d.

"Standing Youth in Profile to Right, Holding Staff" is a drawing by the Italian Baroque artist Domenico Fiasella, executed in black chalk on paper. This detailed study, now in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, likely served as a preparatory drawing for a larger painting. It features a life-size figure of a young man, rendered with careful attention to anatomical detail. The youth’s relaxed stance and the subtle folds of his garment convey a sense of naturalism. This preparatory drawing demonstrates Fiasella's masterful skill in capturing the human form, a talent he would later employ in his large-scale religious works.