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Collections

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon
Study of a Mancirca 1810-1820

On view:
David Geffen Galleries, Classical Revivals in Europe and America
Academic figure drawing in black and white chalk on gray-brown paper, full-length standing nude male with raised right arm, detailed muscular modeling with white chalk highlights

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, Study of a Man, circa 1810-1820, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Graphic Arts Council Fund and Museum Acquisition Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Pierre-Paul Prud'hon
France, Cluny, 1758-1823
Title
Study of a Man
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1810-1820
Medium
Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 22 3/4 × 13 1/4 in. (57.79 × 33.66 cm) Frame: 31 1/8 × 21 3/4 × 1 in. (79.06 × 55.25 × 2.54 cm)
Credit Line
Graphic Arts Council Fund and Museum Acquisition Fund
Accession Number
M.89.48
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Campbell, Richard J.; V. Carlson; S. Bellenger; E. Bowron; B. Jornes; L. Michaux; S. Miss and Marsha Morton. Visions of Antiquity: Neoclassical Figure Drawings. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1993.
  • Davis, Bruce. Master Drawings in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Stevens, Matthew, ed. Los Angeles : Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York : Distributed by Hudson Hills Press, 1997.
  • The Arts of France from François Ier to Napoléon Ier: a Centennial Celebration of Wildenstein's Presence in New York. New York: Wildenstein & Co., Inc., 2005.