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The image depicts a full-body sketch of a person in a side profile. The person has a hunched-over posture, with their head slightly bowed and arms crossed in front of their chest. The facial features are softly rendered, eyes looking downward, and long flowing hair draping around the face and down the back. The figure is unclothed, shaded with pencil strokes to suggest form and volume. There are no visible jewelry or objects. The sketch is on brown paper with a grid likely for proportional reference.
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The image depicts a full-body sketch of a person in a side profile. The person has a hunched-over posture, with their head slightly bowed and arms crossed in front of their chest. The facial features are softly rendered, eyes looking downward, and long flowing hair draping around the face and down the back. The figure is unclothed, shaded with pencil strokes to suggest form and volume. There are no visible jewelry or objects. The sketch is on brown paper with a grid likely for proportional reference.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Standing Male Nude

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Date
c. 1879
Medium
black chalk with stumping on tracing paper, squared for transfer
Dimensions
sheet: 35.2 × 19.9 cm (13 7/8 × 7 13/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2015.56.2
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • nude
  • figure
Provenance

Canadian collection; (sale, Christie's, New York, 29 January 2015, no. 133); (via Stephen Ongpin Fine Art); purchased by NGA, 2015.

NGA object ID 198384. 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.