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Michelangelo’s masterful rendering of the male nude set the standard for many generations of artists studying in academies across Europe. Life drawings (made from nude models) became so essential to an artist’s training at the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in Paris (founded in 1648 by Louis XIV) that finished drawings like these were commonly called academies. <br><br>Louis de Boullogne served as a professor of life drawing at the Royal Academy between 1694 and 1715. This work reflects the common practice of drawing from two models, which allowed artists to explore a narrative. Here the figures resemble a wounded warrior and his companion.
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Document identity
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166591
label
Two Male Nudes
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obj
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drawing
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1
Source metadata
id
166591
contentType
drawing
title
Two Male Nudes
description
Michelangelo’s masterful rendering of the male nude set the standard for many generations of artists studying in academies across Europe. Life drawings (made from nude models) became so essential to an artist’s training at the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in Paris (founded in 1648 by Louis XIV) that finished drawings like these were commonly called academies. <br><br>Louis de Boullogne served as a professor of life drawing at the Royal Academy between 1694 and 1715. This work reflects the common practice of drawing from two models, which allowed artists to explore a narrative. Here the figures resemble a wounded warrior and his companion.
date
1710
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79997033
creators
19086
genreSpecific
Drawing
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 58.4 x 41.9 cm (23 x 16 1/2 in.)
cul
France, 18th century
accession
2008.339
Source extras
tec
black chalk, heightened with white chalk
tombstone
Two Male Nudes, 1710. Louis de Boullogne (French, 1654–1733). Black chalk, heightened with white chalk; overall: 58.4 x 41.9 cm (23 x 16 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2008.339
supportMaterials
description
gray laid paper
collection
DR - French
inscriptions
inscription
signed, lower center, in black chalk: Louis De Boullongne / 1710; verso, lower right, in graphite: 1608 [underlined] / 3; lower center, in graphite: #19
citations
citation
Foster, Carter E. "Jean-Bernard Restout's "Sleep: Figure Study": Painting and Drawing from Life at the French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture." <em>Cleveland Studies in the History of Art</em> 3 (1998): 48-85.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 54, Reproduced: fig. 11, p. 54
citation
Foster, Carter E., Sylvain Bellenger, and Patrick Shaw Cable. <em>French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin</em>. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
page_number
Referenced: cat. no. 3, p. 16-17, Reproduced: p. 17
creditline
Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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2026-05-29 08:36:07.306000
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166591
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Drawings
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DR - French
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black chalk, heightened with white chalk
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male
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1
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0
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photo
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