Study of a Female Nude
about 1800
- Medium
- Black and white chalk with stumping, on blue paper
- Dimensions
- 60.3 × 31.8 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-201998
The nude model's head tilts downward with closed eyes, conveying a sensual aura of dreaminess. The naturalistic texture of her hair, gathered in a bun with delicate curls framing her face, contrasts with the marble-like texture of her skin. Her pose, seated with her arm extended upward and illuminated from the upper left, almost certainly imitates antique sculpture. Pierre-Paul Prud'hon displayed his classical understanding of the female body in this intimate study, rendering the figure in a series of volumes--cylindrical legs and arms, conical breasts, triangular nose--with a treatment of the skin that yields a soft effect, achieved with short repetitive lines of hatching.
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Registry history
- about 1800 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — drawings
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