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The image shows a male figure lying on his back with his legs raised and bent at the knees. His arms are positioned to the sides, one slightly bent upwards and the other laid outwards. The figure's head is resting on a pillow, turned to the right, with long hair flowing down. The person appears to be unclothed on a textured surface. The background is plain with shading and stippling, but no specific environmental details are visible.
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The image shows a male figure lying on his back with his legs raised and bent at the knees. His arms are positioned to the sides, one slightly bent upwards and the other laid outwards. The figure's head is resting on a pillow, turned to the right, with long hair flowing down. The person appears to be unclothed on a textured surface. The background is plain with shading and stippling, but no specific environmental details are visible.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Academy

Gilles Demarteau, the Elder after Carle Van Loo

Medium
chalk manner printed in red on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 49.7 x 41 cm (19 9/16 x 16 1/8 in.) sheet: 69 x 49.6 cm (27 3/16 x 19 1/2 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2005.156.1
Credit line
Ellwanger/Mescha Collection
Time span
1701 to 1725
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • male
  • figure
  • crayon-manner engraving
Provenance

Grossherzogliches Museum, Schwerin (Lugt 2273). Ellwanger/Mescha Collection, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2005.

Inscription

lower left in plate: Carle Vanloo fec in Roma / a Paris chez Demarteau rue de la Pelterie; lower center in plate: TIRÉ DU CABINET DE MONSIEUR LEMPEREUR; lower right in plate: Demarteau Inc St. / No. 32; by later hand, lower right in ink: No 2-1/2

NGA object ID 129345. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.