Male Nude Seated on Rocks

c. 1710

Louis de Boullogne the Younger

Associated Names
Louis de Boullogne the Younger

Artist, French, 1654 - 1733

The image shows a male figure in a dynamic seated position. His upper body is turned to the side with one arm raised upward. The man has strong and angular facial features with a sculpted nose and slightly open mouth. His hair is styled in short waves. He is nude, with a draped cloth partially covering his lower body. Part of one arm and leg extend slightly beyond the frame. The background features sketchy trees and foliage created with light and dark strokes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on brown laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Professor William B. O'Neal

  • Dimensions

    overall: 58.1 x 37.4 cm (22 7/8 x 14 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1990.57.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Professor William B. O'Neal [1907-1994], Charlottesville, VA; gift 1990 to the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1993

  • "Checklist of Other Drawings in the O'Neal Collection," in exh. cat. Drawings from the O'Neal Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1993: 91.

2009

  • Grasselli, Margaret Morgan. Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009: 86, fig. 1.

Inscriptions

lower center in black chalk: LB

Wikidata ID

Q64593398

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