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    Recumbent Male Nude

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    Recumbent Male Nude
    Recumbent Male Nude
    Recumbent Male Nude
    National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Recumbent Male Nude
    Date
    c.1754-55 (undated)
    Medium
    Black and white chalk and stump on prepared grey paper, laid down on card with old washlines
    Dimensions
    Metric: 331 x 510 mm
    Imperial: 12 15/16 x 20 in.
    Collection
    National Museum Wales, Cardiff. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    NMW A 1885
    Wilson Online Reference
    D355
    Description
    Study of a nude man with outstretched arm and splayed legs lying diagonally upper right to lower left. Two additional studies of hands appear at the upper and lower right.
    Exhibited
    Nottingham, University Art Gallery & London, Kenwood 1991, The Artist's Model in British Art from Lely to Etty (48)
    Provenance
    Purchased from P.& D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd, May 1945
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Verso inscriptions
    [1] Upper right, pencil: No 230 a
    [2] Upper left, pencil different hand: 484
    Related Paintings
    P90 The Destruction of the Children of Niobe, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
    P90A The Destruction of the Children of Niobe, Private Collection at Ashridge, England
    P90B The Destruction of the Children of Niobe, ex-National Gallery; destroyed 1944
    P90D Studio of Wilson Apollo destroying the Children of Niobe, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
    P90E The Destruction of Niobe's Children, Collection of Richard L. Feigen & Co
    Critical commentary
    This study was used for one of the central figures in several versions of The Destruction of the Children of Niobe. Drawn from the life, it may have been executed in Italy, where Wilson was a member of the Accademia del Nudo. However, he had previously been a member of the St Martin's Lane Academy in London, where the study could also have been made.
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    45.122
    Bibliography
    Burlington Magazine, Sept. 1944, pp. 211-213; WGC, p. 163, pl. 21a; J. Gage, J.M.W. Turner: 'A Wonderful Range of Mind', 1987, pp. 105 & 107, repr.
    Link to WG Constable Archive Record
    WGC/1/1/22
    Condition/Conservation
    A fine figure drawing but the surface is worn in places
    Updated by Compiler
    2020-06-30 00:00:00

    Work of Art

    Paintings

    • The Destruction of the Children of Niobe, Private Collection at Ashridge, England
    • The Destruction of the Children of Niobe, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    • The Destruction of Niobe's Children, Ex-National Gallery (destroyed)
    • Studio of Wilson, Apollo destroying the Children of Niobe, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
    • The Destruction of Niobe's Children, Collection of Richard L. Feigen & Co

    Biographies

    • Sir Bruce Ingram (1877-1963)

    Documents

    • William George Constable, Richard Wilson
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