Academic Study of a Reclining Male Nude
François Boucher French, 1703-1770
c. 1750
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Archival matte paper, 189 g/m² (10.3 mil), sourced from Japan, printed with multicolor water-based inkjet so every brushstroke stays crisp. Framed prints arrive ready to hang in a .75″ ayous-wood frame with an acrylite front.
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About this work
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.
- 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
- Origin
- France
- Collection
- Prints and Drawings
- Reference
- 2009.42 · Art Institute of Chicago