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Soldier Drawing His Bow

Jacques Bousseau

National Gallery of Art

The sculpture features a bearded male figure in a dynamic pose. He is facing to our right, leaning his shoulders back, with his left foot raised to rest on a tree stump so that his knee bends, and his arms are stretched out to grasp the bow, the left one reaching up to grip the top. He is nude except for a cloth pulled across his hips and over his left arm. A helmet is beside him.

Artwork Details

Date
model 1715, cast mid 19th century
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
10139 × 14195 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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