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Lithograph of a foreshortened male nude tumbling diagonally, legs raised, arms outstretched, shaded with fine hatching.

Prometheus chained, two pendentives and an Egyptian Saint Marie, volume 3, plate 234 from "Monuments des Arts du Dessin"

A lithograph showing a nude male figure seen from below, tumbling diagonally with legs raised toward the upper left and arms flung out at the right. Fine hatching and crosshatched shadows model the body against a pale cream sheet, with the plate number P. 234 at upper right.

Artist
Jules Dagneau
Date
1829
Medium
Lithograph
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
2767 × 3642 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1829).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum Accession, transferred from the Library

Español: Figura masculina desnuda en escorzo, litografía lámina 234

Una litografía que muestra una figura masculina desnuda vista desde abajo, cayendo en diagonal con las piernas elevadas hacia la izquierda superior y los brazos extendidos a la derecha. Un sombreado de trama fina y cruzada modela el cuerpo sobre un papel crema pálido, con el número de lámina P. 234 en la esquina superior derecha.

Português: Figura masculina nua em escorço, litografia prancha 234

Uma litografia que mostra uma figura masculina nua vista de baixo, tombando na diagonal, com as pernas erguidas para a parte superior esquerda e os braços estendidos à direita. Hachuras finas e cruzadas modelam o corpo sobre um papel creme claro, com o número da prancha P. 234 no canto superior direito.

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