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This drawing shows a full-body sketch of a male figure. He is seated, with one leg bent and resting on a ledge on the right and his other leg on the ground. His body is curved slightly inward, and his head is tilted downward as he looks to the right. The man has strong facial features with defined cheekbones, a prominent nose, and a full head of slightly wavy hair that falls back from his face. He is unclothed, revealing a well-defined, muscular physique. The man sits on what appears to be a draped cloth on top of undefined steps. The background is made of thin, diagonal lines. The drawing is done in red on tan paper.
National Gallery of Art · Drawing
A Seated Male Nude
Carle Van Loo
- Medium
- red chalk on brown laid paper
- Dimensions
- sheet: 48.8 x 37.9 cm (19 3/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
- Classification
- Drawing
- Accession number
- 2009.70.239
- Credit line
- Joseph F. McCrindle Collection
- Time span
- 1701 to 1725
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- Male figure
- Fabric
- Male nude
- Man
- Stone
Provenance
Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.
Inscription
by an eighteenth-century hand, lower left in pen and black ink: Carle Van loo; by later hand, upper right in graphite: [w?]; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 48159 / Loyau
NGA object ID 143829. 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.