ORThe Open Room
Digital gallery
Back to the NGA collection
This drawing displays a person lying on their front with their upper body slightly raised, their head turned to the right, and both arms extended outward. Their back and the upper part of their legs are visible. The person's facial features are not fully visible, and they have hair styled in a bun. The person is not wearing any clothing, but there appears to be a cloth beneath them. The lines of the drawing are in white and gray against a tan background.
Read the visual description

This drawing displays a person lying on their front with their upper body slightly raised, their head turned to the right, and both arms extended outward. Their back and the upper part of their legs are visible. The person's facial features are not fully visible, and they have hair styled in a bun. The person is not wearing any clothing, but there appears to be a cloth beneath them. The lines of the drawing are in white and gray against a tan background.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Nude Woman Reaching to the Right

François Boucher

Date
c. 1769
Medium
black chalk with stumping, heightened with white chalk on brown laid paper (formerly blue)
Dimensions
overall: 27.3 x 39.4 cm (10 3/4 x 15 1/2 in.) support: 35.3 x 47.3 cm (13 7/8 x 18 5/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1980.64.3
Credit line
Gift of Robert H. and Clarice Smith
Time span
1751 to 1775
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • female
  • figure
  • Nude
  • Rococo
  • Reclining
Provenance

Léon Michel-Lévy (sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 17-18 June 1925, no. 26), bought by Schoeller; Private collection ("Monsieur A.G.")(sale, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 8-9 May 1934, no. 84), bought by Cotnareau. Galerie Cailleux, Paris; to Robert H. and Clarice Smith, Washington, DC; gift to NGA in 1980.

Marks

On the old mount at lower right, blind stamp of the mount-maker, J.B. Glomy (Lugt 1120)

NGA object ID 59968. 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.