Nude Study

Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
In this suite of three drawings, Daniel Huntington rendered the idealized male figure—based on an ancient Greek sculpture of a dancing faun that he most likely knew from a plaster cast—in progressively complete anatomical states. Using different colored media and a combination of crisp outlines and soft hatchings, the artist rendered the human form with great precision and sensitivity to the distinct properties of skin, muscle, and bone. As a group, these sheets provide a virtuoso demonstration of the academic principle that an understanding of anatomy is fundamental to figural representation.
Caption
Daniel Huntington American, 1816–1906. Nude Study, ca. 1848. Black and white crayon on blue-green, medium-weight, slightly textured wove paper, Sheet: 21 3/4 x 15 1/8 in. (55.2 x 38.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of The Roebling Society, 68.167.5. No known copyright restrictions (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 68.167.5_IMLS_PS4.jpg)
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Not on view
Collection
Gallery
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Collection
Artist
Title
Nude Study
Date
ca. 1848
Medium
Black and white crayon on blue-green, medium-weight, slightly textured wove paper
Classification
Dimensions
Sheet: 21 3/4 x 15 1/8 in. (55.2 x 38.4 cm)
Signatures
Unsigned
Credit Line
Gift of The Roebling Society
Accession Number
68.167.5
Rights
No known copyright restrictions
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