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Academic Study of a Male Nude as Hercules

Italian; Bolognese

Artwork Details

Academic Study of a Male Nude as Hercules
18th century
Italian; Bolognese
red chalk, heightened with white
21 9/16 x 15 11/16 in. (54.77 x 39.85 cm);28 x 22 in. (71.12 x 55.88 cm);21 5/8 x 15 3/4 in. (54.93 x 40.01 cm);20 3/8 x 14 9/16 in. (51.75 x 36.99 cm)
Gift through the Estate of Edward Sonnenschein
1970/2.49

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In Bologna from the time of the Carracci family of painters, accomplished artists typically returned to the Academy to draw directly from the nude. This drawing shows a seated model portraying Hercules; a Bolognese drawing by another artist in a private collection in Montreal depicts the same man in a different pose and holding this very club.

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