A Reclining Male Nude

Georg Raphael Donner

Associated Names
Georg Raphael Donner

Artist, Austrian, 1693 - 1741

The image shows a naked male figure lying on his side, with his head resting against a surface. He has short curly hair and a muscular build. The background is a plain textured surface. No objects or jewelry are visible.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk with stumping, heightened with white chalk and touches of pink chalk on wove paper washed dark olive-green

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 41.9 x 60.9 cm (16 1/2 x 24 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.70.106

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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: 177 (color).

Inscriptions

by artist?, lower right verso in black chalk: Rafael Donner; by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: 6491 McCrindle; by later hand, lower center verso in black chalk: [N. 224?]

Wikidata ID

Q64571180

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