Standing Female Nude (after the Medici Venus)
Medium
Red chalk
Dimensions
sheet: 8 9/16 x 5 9/16 in. (21.7 x 14.2 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Thomas and Gianna Le Claire, 2010
Accession Number
2010.494.3
Tags
Art Historical Context
In 1805, German sculptor Christian Daniel Rauch created this delicate red chalk drawing, *Standing Female Nude (after the Venus)*, capturing the graceful pose of one of antiquity's most revered sculptures. Measuring just 8 9/16 x 5 9/16 inches, the sheet exemplifies Rauch's early training at age 28, when he was honing his skills in Berlin's vibrant art scene. Now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints as a 2010 gift from Thomas and Gianna Le Claire it invites viewers to appreciate the timeless allure of the female form. Rauch, a leading Neoclassicist known for monument...