A Standing Male Nude (Parentino Imitation)

Eric Hebborn

Associated Names
Eric Hebborn

Artist, British, 1934 - 1996

The image depicts a male figure in a contrapposto pose. His detailed facial features include a prominent jawline, cheekbones, and curly hair. The figure's expression suggests action. He is draped with fabric or ribbon-like objects around his shoulders and arms, accentuating movement. Muscular form is emphasized with shading. The background features diagonal parallel lines, highlighting the central figure. No other objects or jewelry are present in the image.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 19.4 x 10.1 cm (7 5/8 x 4 in.); all four corners cut

  • Accession Number

    2009.70.140

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Panini Galleries, London, 1963, as Bernardino Parentino); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York, 1963 (inv. A0770); Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1991

  • Old Master Drawings From the Collection of Joseph F. McCrindle. The Art Museum, Princeton University, and elsewhere. Princeton,1991, no. 1 (as Bernardino Parentino)(entry by Frederick A. den Broeder).

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: 170 (color).

Inscriptions

by artist, lower left in pen and black ink: [cut off] Parentino

Wikidata ID

Q64559582

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