Sketches of Male Bodies, possibly after Michelangeolo (Smaller Italian Sketchbook, leaf 18 recto)

Q: When was "Sketches of Male Bodies, possibly after Michelangeolo (Smaller Italian Sketchbook, leaf 18 recto)" created?

This artwork was created 1774–75.

Q: Is "Sketches of Male Bodies, possibly after Michelangeolo (Smaller Italian Sketchbook, leaf 18 recto)" in the public domain?

Yes, Sketches of Male Bodies, possibly after Michelangeolo (Smaller Italian Sketchbook, leaf 18 recto) is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Joseph Wright (Wright of Derby)

1774–75

Medium

Graphite, brush and yellow wash

Dimensions

Sheet: 9 3/16 x 6 3/4 in. (23.4 x 17.1 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1957

Accession Number

57.102.1(18)

About the Artist

Joseph Wright (Wright of Derby) · 1734–1797

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734–1797) was an English painter celebrated for his dramatic use of candlelight and artificial illumination, which earned him a unique position in eighteenth-century British art as the painter of the Industrial Revolution and the Enlightenment. Born in Derby in the English Midlands, he studied in London under Thomas Hudson, a leading portrait painter, before returning to D...

Sketches of Male Bodies, possibly after Michelangeolo (Smaller Italian Sketchbook, leaf 18 recto)

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