Negen studies naar vrouwelijk naakt

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Art Historical Context

Henri Fantin-Latour's *Negen studies naar vrouw naakt* (Nine Studies of the Female Nude) showcases the French artist's meticulous approach to the human form during his formative years, spanning his active career from 1846 to 1904. A Realist painter renowned for intimate portraits, still lifes, and lithographic works, Fantin-Latour often drew from live models in Parisian ateliers, blending Romantic sensitivity with precise observation. This sheet captures nine delicate sketches of female nudes in varied poses, reflecting the academic tradition of life drawing central to 19th-century French art ...

About the Artist

Henri Fantin-Latour · 1836–1904

Ignace Henri Jean Théodore Fantin-Latour was born on January 14, 1836, in Grenoble, France, to portrait painter Théodore Fantin-Latour, who gave him his earliest drawing lessons. The family relocated to Paris in 1841, where in 1850, at age 14, he enrolled in the École de Dessin, studying under Horace Lecoq de Boisbaudran, whose innovative memory-based method of drawing from observation profoundly ...