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Study of a reclining male nude, stretching to the right; study of draped legs
Draughtsman: Naldini, Giovanni Battista (Attributed to)
History note: Richard Cosway (Lugt 628); Sir James Knowles, his sale, Christie's, 28 May 1908, (218 as by Parmigianino), bt. Clough
Height: 216 mm
Width: 329 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given (1913) by Clough, G.T.
Support composed of paper ( buff-tinted, corners cut diagonally)
Drawing (image-making) : Red chalk on buff-tinted paper
Accession number: 2914
Primary reference Number: 7238
Lugt: 628
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Study of a reclining male nude, stretching to the right; study of draped legs" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/7238 Accessed: 2023-06-03 11:50:08
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
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