Pen and brown ink drawing of a muscular male nude twisting while lifting a billowing cloth, standing on a stone base, on pale paper.

Male Nude as Hercules with Nessus's Robe, Pen and Ink Drawing

A muscular male nude is drawn in pen and brown ink on pale paper, twisting his torso as he lifts a flowing, billowing cloth overhead. His legs are braced apart on a stepped stone base, with additional studies of limbs sketched at the left. Hatched shading models the musculature and the cloth.

Artist: Baccio Bandinelli
Date: n.d.
Medium: Pen and brown ink, over traces of black chalk (recto and verso), on ivory laid paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 2335 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1560).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

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Male Nude as Hercules with Nessus's Robe, Pen and Ink Drawing

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