A Reclining Male Nude

1723

Bernard Picart

Associated Names
Bernard Picart

Artist, French, 1673 - 1733

The image shows a nude adult male figure reclining with his back against an elevated surface. His head is tilted upwards, eyes closed, with defined facial features including a prominent nose. He has long, wavy hair and a muscular physique. A white drapery partially covers his mid-section. In the background, there is a detailed depiction of a cloudy sky in fine linework. The artwork is rendered in monochrome sepia tones.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    red chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 34.9 x 49.6 cm (13 3/4 x 19 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.70.186

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(F. R. Meatyard, London, by 1962); Theodore Allen Heinrich [1910-1981], Toronto, 1962 (his sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 6 July 1982, lot 221); bought by Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2012

  • Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 176 (color).

Inscriptions

by artist, lower left in red chalk: B. Picart f. Mars 1723.; by later hand, lower right in red chalk: 1.; by later hand, lower right verso in red chalk: [vv?]; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: vv; by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: [12?] (upside down); by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: [2?] (upside down)

Wikidata ID

Q64537330

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