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A male nude figure, seated, one foot raised
Red chalk, heightened with white (oxydised) | 51.8 x 40.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 904917
Andrea Sacchi (1599-1661)
A male nude figure, seated, one foot raised
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A study of a seated male nude, turned to the front, with his head in profile to the left. He holds the shin of his raised right leg. Inscribed, lower right; Andrea Sachi.
Provenance
Probably Carlo Maratta, and thus purchased by Pope Clement XI, 1703; by whom bequeathed to his nephew Alessandro Albani, 1721; from whom purchased by George III, 1762; first recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c.1810 (Inv. A, p. 106: probably one of fourteen studies listed as by Sacchi under 'Accademie di Diversi Autori')
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Medium and techniques
Red chalk, heightened with white (oxydised)
Measurements
51.8 x 40.7 cm (sheet of paper)
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