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L'Epreuve
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Naakte vrouw zittend bij boom

Medium

color printing

Dimensions

h 210mm × w 195mm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

paper

Object Type

print

Subject Matter

female sex; woman; het (naakte) menselijke figuur; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa); trees

Production Place

France; Paris; Paris

Acquisition Method

purchase

Acquired

1967

Notes

verzamelaarsmerk, verso midden onder, gestempeld: Lugt 2760

Collection Type

prints

About Aristide Maillol

1861–1944France

Maillol was a student at the ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris from 1882, and joined the Nabis group in 1894. He maintained a tapestry workshop at Banyuls-sur-Mer from 1893 to 1900. His sculptures were primarily female nudes, including "la Mediterranee" which was exhibited in the Salon d'Automne of 1905. Later in his life, Maillol also executed woodcut illustrations for books, as well as sculptural monuments and war memorials. French sculptor.