Male Nude Posing for Figures in the "Frise de la Guerre"

c. 1835

Eugène Delacroix

Associated Names
Eugène Delacroix

Artist, French, 1798 - 1863

The image displays a pencil drawing of a male figure in multiple poses on textured paper. On the left, the man is seated, leaning slightly forward with his right hand on his left knee. His head is turned to the side, revealing detailed muscular arms and back. His hair is swept back, and facial features are not fully drawn. On the right, the man is shown from a different angle, focusing on his upper body. His face in profile shows closed eyes and full lips. His right arm is raised, bent at the elbow as he holds his head, emphasizing arm and chest musculature. The figure is unclothed, and the background is plain, highlighting the male anatomy.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 19.6 x 29.1 cm (7 11/16 x 11 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2003.49.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of the artist (Lugt 838). Private collection, Paris. Curtis O. Baer [1898-1976], Atlanta; by descent to his heirs; purchased 2003 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1981

  • Drawings from Georgia Collections, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 1981, no. 3.

1985

  • Master Drawings from Titian to Picasso: The Curtis O. Baer Collection, NGA; Indianapolis Museum of Art; The John and Mabel Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota; High Museum of Art, Atlanta; The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore...no. 69.

2012

  • Vernet to Villon: Nineteenth-Century French Master Drawings from the National Gallery of Art. Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma. Norman, OK, 2012, no. 9.

Wikidata ID

Q64560453

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