Academic Study of a Reclining Male Nude

François Boucher, c. 1750

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Academic Study of a Reclining Male Nude, c. 1750. Black chalk, with stumping and touches of red chalk, heightened with white chalk, on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper.

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Black chalk, with stumping and touches of red chalk, heightened with white chalk, on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper · 35.6 × 44.8 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Academic Study of a Reclining Male Nude
Artist: François Boucher French, 1703-1770
Date: c. 1750
Medium: Black chalk, with stumping and touches of red chalk, heightened with white chalk, on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
Dimensions: 35.6 × 44.8 cm (14 1/16 × 17 11/16 in.)
Credit line: Regenstein Endowment Fund
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1703–1770

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