DrawingsFrench18th century

Standing Male Nude Holding a Bow

18th century

Artists

Nicolas-Bernard LépiciéArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown chalk on cream laid paper

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

55.6 x 30.4 cm (21 7/8 x 11 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié, sold [through his posthmous sale, Paris, February 10, 1785]. Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson, Paris, by descent; to Girodet Family, 1824 until 1981. [Galerie Emmanuel Moatti, Paris]. Annamaria Edelstein, London, sold; to Jeffrey E. Horvitz, 1986, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1999.

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