# Standing and Kneeking Figures

- By: Giovanni Paolo Panini (Italian, 1691 - 1765)
- Date: 1735-1740
- Medium: Red chalk on white paper, laid down
- Classification: Figures (representations)
- Dimensions: H x W: 15.5 × 19.1 cm (6 1/8 × 7 1/2 in.)
- Culture: Italy
- Credit line: Gift of Hugh Cassel
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/121284)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/c98e6ab195eb566d8cc7fe9f8b00b4fb.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

A standing semi-drapped male figure is seen from the back, facing slightly right. A heavily draped figure kneels on a block of masonry, seen, from the left side, gesturing with both hands, and his head turned to the left.