Male Nude

c. 1725

Gian Antonio Guardi

Artist, Venetian, 1699 - 1761

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    red chalk on tan oatmeal paper, heightened with white chalk

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William B. O'Neal

  • Dimensions

    overall: 43.1 × 29.5 cm (16 15/16 × 11 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.52.62.b


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

J.D. Gocking; (sale, London, Christie's, 27 November 1973, no. 350); Katrin Bellinger, Munich, by 1990; purchased 1994 by David Thomson, Toronto; by exchange to William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1994; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1990

  • Master Drawings 1500-1900, Harari & Johns, London, 1990, no. 20.

1994

  • The Glory of Venice: Art in the Eighteenth Century, Royal Academy of Arts, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994-1995, no. 197.

2014

  • The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 56.

Bibliography

1975

  • Morassi, Antonio. Tutti i disegni di Antonio, Francesco e Giacomo Guardi. Venice, 1975: 31, 90.

1987

  • Guardi: Metamorfosi dell'immagine. Exh. cat. Castello di Gorizia, Venice, 1987: 171.

1994

  • The Glory of Venice. Exh. cat. Royal Academy of Arts, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museo del Settecento Veneziano - Ca'Rezzonico, Venice; Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, 1994-1995: 300, 453-454.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left in pen and brown ink: 30 / 6 / 18

Wikidata ID

Q64572218


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