Male Nude Seated on the Ground

1702

Louis de Boullogne the Younger

Associated Names
Louis de Boullogne the Younger

Artist, French, 1654 - 1733

The image shows a male figure from the waist up in a semi-reclined pose. He is resting on his left arm, with his upper body turned slightly to the right and his right arm extended and resting on his knee. The man has a strong jawline and a serious expression. His hair is curly and tousled, falling around his forehead. The figure is nude with a draped cloth partially covering his lower body. The background is blue-gray, and there is a signature "Lenoir De Boulanger" and the date "1702" in the lower left corner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black and white chalks on blue laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Donald Stone

  • Dimensions

    overall: 32.6 x 39.5 cm (12 13/16 x 15 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.40.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Henri Baderou, France [1910 - 1991]. (Neal Fiertag, Paris); purchased 1993 by Donald Stone [1942 - 2020], New York; bequest to NGA, 2022.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2009

  • Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009, 86-87, 279, no. 34 (color).

Bibliography

2013

  • Grasselli, Margaret Morgan. "The Attribution of the Fauns: Restoring a Group of Trois-crayons Drawings to Louis de Boullogne the Younger." Master Drawings 51 (Winter 2013): 476-477, fig. 8 (color).

Inscriptions

signed and dated in black chalk at lower left: Louis De Boullongne/1702

Watermarks

PL entwined

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