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The image shows a drawing of a nude male figure in an artistic pose. He is standing with his legs crossed, weight on his back leg, front leg bent. His torso twists to the right, arms extended forward and angled leftward. His head is tilted slightly back and turned towards his left shoulder. The man has strong facial features and an intense expression, wavy hair falling around his head. The background has evenly spaced lines creating a textured effect, in warm sepia shades. No clothing, jewelry, or additional objects are present.
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The image shows a drawing of a nude male figure in an artistic pose. He is standing with his legs crossed, weight on his back leg, front leg bent. His torso twists to the right, arms extended forward and angled leftward. His head is tilted slightly back and turned towards his left shoulder. The man has strong facial features and an intense expression, wavy hair falling around his head. The background has evenly spaced lines creating a textured effect, in warm sepia shades. No clothing, jewelry, or additional objects are present.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Academy (642)

Gilles-Antoine Demarteau after Carle Van Loo

Medium
chalk manner printed in red on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 59.6 x 35.6 cm (23 7/16 x 14 in.) sheet: 67.3 x 50.6 cm (26 1/2 x 19 15/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2005.156.4
Credit line
Ellwanger/Mescha Collection
Time span
1726 to 1750
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

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

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

Inscription

lower left in plate: C. Vanloo del; lower center in plate: Tiré du Porte-Feuille de Mr. Aliamet Graveur; lower righ tin plate: No 642. Demarteau sculp. / A Paris chez Demarteau, Graveur, Cloître St. Benoît; by later hand, lower left in brown ink: No 2 1/2; by later hand, lower left in chalk: N 220-4 Coyel; by later hand, lower center in graphite: T. 642

NGA object ID 129368. 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.