Study of a Monk
Polidoro Caldara da Caravaggio
- Art Funded
- 1937
- Dimensions
- 20 x 15 cm
- Presented by
- Sir Kenneth Clark through The Art Fund
Recto - study of a monk; verso - Study of a nude man and a youth in contemporary costume.
One of 5 drawings donated by Sir Kenneth Clark to the Ashmolean in 1937. Kenneth Clark was Keeper of Fine Arts at the Ashmolean from 1931-33. He went on to become the youngest person to be appointed as director of the National Gallery where he remained until after the Second World War in 1945.