Male Nude Leaning on a Ladder

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Male Nude Leaning on a Ladder

c. 1765

Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (Italian, 1708–1787)

Batoni placed so much emphasis on his studies of the nude from life that he often signed and dated them, as was the case with this sheet's companion piece, also in the Philadelphia Museum of Art and signed "Pompeo Batoni 1765." In the private life-drawing classes Batoni held in his studio in Rome, he required that the students copy his own academies and preparatory studies as well as draw from the live model.

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Object Details

Title:

Male Nude Leaning on a Ladder

Date:

c. 1765

Artist:

Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (Italian, 1708–1787)

Medium:

Black and white chalks on laid paper prepared with blue ground

Dimensions:

Sheet: 21 1/4 × 15 3/8 inches (54 × 39.1 cm)

Classification:

Drawings

Credit Line:

Bequest of Anthony Morris Clark, 1978

Accession Number:

1978-70-170

Geography:

Made in Rome, Italy, Europe

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