Academic Male Nude in Semi-Reclining Position (recto and verso)
Medium
Black chalk, heightened with touches of white chalk (recto and verso), on blue laid paper
Dimensions
28.1 × 41 cm (11 1/8 × 16 3/16 in.)
Classification
chalk
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
112408
Art Historical Context
In the Prints and Drawings collection of the Art Institute of Chicago lies a captivating double-sided study, *Academic Male Nude in Semiclining Position* (recto and verso), by Louis dellongne the younger1654–1733). This undated drawing, executed in black chalk heightened with touches of white on blue laid paper (281 × 41 cm), showcases a muscular male figure in a relaxed, semi-reclining pose—likely from life drawing sessions central to French academic training. Boullongne, a prominent French painter and director the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, embodied the rigorous classical ...