Reclining Male Nude, Pen and Ink Study

Pen and brown ink with brown wash on blue-gray paper shows a bearded male nude reclining diagonally across the sheet, head resting on his raised arm and legs stretched out. Hatching and soft shading model the muscular torso, while loose drapery appears at the lower right.

Artist

Charles Le Brun

Date

1646 (recto); 18th century (verso)

Medium

Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown and gray wash, and traces of red chalk, heightened with lead white (discolored), on blue laid paper,

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

Size

1686 × 1221 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection