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Red and white chalk drawing of a standing nude man with head tilted up, one arm raised, with sketched arm studies at the right edge.

Hercules Seated, study for Hercules and Omphale

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
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1724).
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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

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