Two Male Nudes
1710
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1710
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Two Male Nudes is a 1710 by Louis de Boullogne, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows two men standing side by side with their backs to us. They’re drawn in chalk or pencil on paper, not painted. Their bodies cast soft shadows that show how muscles twist under skin. Louis de Boullogne taught life drawing at the Royal Academy in Paris. Students copied nude models like this to learn anatomy and form. Academy drawings were never meant to be shown publicly. Try looking up Louis de Boullogne (French, 1654–1733) next.
