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The image depicts a nude male figure standing in a contrapposto position. The figure is facing away from the viewer, with the left arm bent across the chest and the right arm partially visible. The head is turned slightly to the left, showing the profile of the face with a jawline and curly hair close to the scalp. The background is a soft, textured surface with a gradient effect from dark to light. The figure is on a slightly rounded floor, implying a pedestal or platform.
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The image depicts a nude male figure standing in a contrapposto position. The figure is facing away from the viewer, with the left arm bent across the chest and the right arm partially visible. The head is turned slightly to the left, showing the profile of the face with a jawline and curly hair close to the scalp. The background is a soft, textured surface with a gradient effect from dark to light. The figure is on a slightly rounded floor, implying a pedestal or platform.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Academy (679)

Gilles-Antoine Demarteau after Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier

Date
1791
Medium
chalk manner printed in red on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 54.4 x 38.7 cm (21 7/16 x 15 1/4 in.) sheet: 68.5 x 50.6 cm (26 15/16 x 19 15/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2005.156.5
Credit line
Ellwanger/Mescha Collection
Time span
1776 to 1800
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: Dessiné à Rome en 1773 par Vincent; lower center in plate: A Paris chez Demarteau, Cloître St. Benoit, Quartier St. Jacques.; lower right in plate: Gravé par Demarteau en 1791; by later hand, lower right in brown ink: No. 2 1/2; by later hand, lower left in red chalk: N 53-2

NGA object ID 129371. 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.