François Boucher
French, 1703-1770
Academic Study of a Reclining Male Nude
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François Boucher
French, 1703-1770c. 1750
Academic Study of a Reclining Male Nude
François Boucher French, 1703-1770 →chalkpaper
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.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Regenstein Endowment Fund
As an influential professor at the Royal Academy, Boucher taught life drawing. A savvy businessman, he realized the potential of producing etchings after his studies from life so that there might be instruction in provincial centers as well. This drawing—a dazzling demonstration of his technique of comingling red, black, and white chalks—was one of those reproduced.
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