Seated Male Nude with Raised Arms | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2010.616
People: Louis de Boullogne the Younger, French (Paris 1654 - 1733 Paris)
Title: Seated Male Nude with Raised Arms
Other Titles: Former Title: A Seated Male Nude, Arms Raised, Pulling on a Cloth
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1700
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/337225

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper

Dimensions

54.9 x 35.6 cm (21 5/8 x 14 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: signed and dated, lower left, black chalk: Louis De Boullougne 1700
inscription: mount, lower right, graphite: 10
inscription: lower left, graphite: 1700
inscription: recto, upper left: [illegible]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Christie's, London, November 29, 1977, lot 197] sold; to Jean Massengale; [Sotheby's, London, July 4, 2007, lot 102, repr. (bought in)]; John Massengale, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2010

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Jean Montague Massengale Collection
Accession Year: 2010
Object Number: 2010.616
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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