Standing Nude Male Figure, Red and White Chalk Study
A nude male figure stands with legs apart and weight shifted, head tilted upward, one arm raised holding a slender stick and the other bent across the chest. Sketched studies of an arm and a hand appear at the right edge, all rendered in red chalk with white highlights and stumped shading on tan paper.
- Artist
- François Le Moyne
- Date
- 1724
- Medium
- Red, black, and white chalk, with stumping, on light brown laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 2127 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1724).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
