From below, we look up at a nude, muscular man striding from one dark gray boulder to another against a mist-gray background in this vertical drawing. The man’s right knee, to our left, is bent as he leans onto that leg. His other leg is stretched behind him so the foot reaches into the lower right corner of the sheet. The man holds his left arm, to our right, high with that hand in a fist, and he turns his head to look in that direction. A white drapery swirls up and behind the man’s shoulders. The background is mostly washes of muted, slate gray with a darker flint-gray area to the left. The man’s body is outlined lightly in graphite and chalk and more lines create a loose, angular grid across the background. The sheet has a crease across its middle.
Artwork Details
- Date
- late 1790s
- Medium
- graphite, black chalk, and brown and gray wash on laid paper
- Dimensions
- 4952 × 7613 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original