Standing Male Figure with Left Arm Extended
18th century
Medium
Red chalk, traces of black chalk, heightened with white, on beige paper.
Dimensions
16 5/16 x 11 1/8 in. (41.5 x 28.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Emma Swan Hall Gift, in memory of Nathalie Swan Rahv, 1983
Accession Number
1983.266
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Charles Joseph Natoire · 1700–1777
**Charles-Joseph Natoire** (3 March 1700 – 23 August 1777) was a leading French painter of the Rococo period, celebrated for his elegant mythological and historical scenes. Born in Nîmes to sculptor Florent Natoire, he received his initial training in drawing from his father before moving to Paris in 1717. There he studied first under Louis Galloche at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculptu...