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Seated Male Nude with Arm over Head, Seen from the Side

Hubert Robert

1760

chalk

paper

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Romanticism 18th Century Nude

Dominant colour

Seated Male Nude with Arm over Head, Seen from the Side is a 1760 chalk by Hubert Robert, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?: Hubert Robert
When & what style?: 1760 · Romanticism
Where can I see it?: National Gallery of Art

About this work

The painting is called Seated Male Nude with Arm over Head, Seen from the Side. It's an old drawing, made with black chalk on paper. The artist, Robert Hubert, likely made it between 1754 and 1765, which is interesting because this was a time when artists were starting to experiment with new styles. You can learn more about this style by looking into the movement: Romanticism.

About the artist

Artist

Hubert Robert

Hubert Robert (French pronunciation: ; 22 May 1733 – 15 April 1808) was a French painter in the school of Romanticism, noted especially for his landscape paintings and capricci, or semi-fictitious picturesque depictions of ruins in Italy and of France.

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