Kneeling Nude Male Figure, Facing Left
March 25, 1859
Medium
Graphite
Dimensions
8 15/16 x 11 7/16 in. (22.7 x 29.1 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Mrs. Carl L. Selden Gift, in memory of Carl L. Selden, 1983
Accession Number
1983.306
Tags
Art Historical Context
Henri Lehmann's *Kneeling Nude Figure, Facing Left*March 25, 1859) is a masterful graphite drawing that exemplifies the rigorous academic training of 19th-century French artists. Created on a modest sheet measuring 8 15/16 x 11 7/16 inches, this study captures a male figure in a dynamic kneeling pose, viewed from the side. Lehmann, a pupil of the esteemed Neoclassicist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and later a professor at the É des Beaux-Arts, drew in the precise, linear style of the Ingresque tradition, where anatomical accuracy and fluid contours were paramount. Graphite's subtle tonal ran...
About the Artist
Henri Lehmann
French, Kiel 1814–1882 Paris