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c. 1743

Carle Van Loo

Associated Names
Carle Van Loo

Artist, French, 1705 - 1765

The image shows a standing male leaning against a rectangular slab inscribed with text. He has a classical facial features, dark curly hair, and is nude with a cloth around his waist. He stands on a textured surface with a plain background. The scene is depicted in fine linework.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 40.8 × 30 cm (16 1/16 × 11 13/16 in.)
    plate: 39.5 × 29 cm (15 9/16 × 11 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.46.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Baudicour, no. 1, State i/iii

  • Series Title

    Six Figures Academiques

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Enrico Cortona, Milan); purchased 2013 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1859

  • Baudicour, Prosper de. Le peintre-graveur français continue, ou catalogue raisonné des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole française nes dans le XVIIIe siècle. 2 vols. Paris, 1859-1861. Reprint, Paris, 1967: Prosper de. Le peintre-graveur français continue, ou catalogue raisonné des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole française nes dans le XVIIIe siècle. 2 vols. Paris: Mme Bouchard Huzard, Rapilly [etc.], 1859-1861, no. 1, i/iii

Inscriptions

left center in plate: SIX FIGURES ACADEMIQUES / Dessinées et Gravées / Par / CARLE VAN LOO / Peinter Ord.re du Roy, / et Professeur en / Son Académie Royal, / de Peint.re et dy sculpture / A.P.D.R. / a Paris Chez Beauvais rue / St. Jacque a l'Image / St. Nicolas; by later hand, verso upper center, in graphite: Carle Van Loo

Watermarks

[not deciphered: two lines of text in capital letters]

Wikidata ID

Q76561910

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