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Study of a Nude with Drapery
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Study of a Nude with Drapery

Medium

Pencil and bistre on buff wove paper, darkened, with left margin and bottom right torn

Dimensions

12 3/16 × 7 7/8 in. (31 × 20 cm) Framed: 24 × 18 in. (61 × 45.7 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Classification

Drawings

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Rights

Public Domain

About Auguste Rodin

1840–1917France

François Auguste René Rodin (1840-1917) stands as the founder of modern sculpture, transforming the art form from academic tradition into expressive modernism. Born into a working-class Parisian family, Rodin faced early rejection, failing three times to gain admission to the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts. This setback forced him to work as a craftsman for nearly two decades, though his 1875 trip to Italy proved transformative when encountering Michelangelo's work liberated him from academic constraints.