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Apollo and Studies of the Artist's Own Hand [recto]

Francesco Fontebasso

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a sketch of a nude male figure on the left, posed in a contrapposto stance. The figure has detailed muscular structure, one arm extended and the other holding a draped cloth. A face with short, curly hair is slightly turned. On the right, there are sketches of hands in different positions and angles, as well as a small sketch of a face with curly hair. The background is textured sketch paper with ink and pencil markings.

Artwork Details

Date
1730/1732
Medium
pen and brown ink, black chalk, on tan oatmeal paper
Dimensions
6640 × 5099 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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