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Studies of a Naked Seated Boy

Studies of a Naked Seated Boy

c. 1603
(Dutch, 1565–1629)
Netherlands, 16th - 17th century
Black chalk and white chalks with stumping on gray-blue antique laid paper
Sheet: 23.7 x 16.5 cm (9 5/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 2019.2
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

This sheet of studies of a young male model drawn from various angles is among the earliest nudes drawn from life in the Netherlands.

Description

This sheet of studies of a young male model drawn from various angles is among the earliest nudes drawn from life in the Netherlands. The artist Jacques de Gheyn carefully observed the boy’s body and poses, concentrating on the modeling of his skin and muscles through light and shadow rendered with a combination of black and white chalks on gray-blue paper. The directness of this study was unusual in the Northern Netherlands around 1600, where the vogue for mythological scenes inspired human bodies that were more artificial than natural.
  • 1747-1808
    (possibly) Jacob Helmolt, Haarlem, Netherlands
    Faerber and Maison, Ltd., London, England
    Einar Perman, Stockholm, Sweden
    October 29, 1979
    Sotheby's, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    1979-2019
    Private Collection, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    March 4, 2019
    the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Regteren Altena, I. Q. van. Jacques De Gheyn, Three Generations. The Hague: M. Nijhoff Publishers, 1983. vol 2, cat. no. 796, p. 127-28, vol 3, p. 147, pl. 281
    Peters, Emily. “Acquisitions 2019: Drawings.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 60, no. 2 (March/April 2020): 20-21. Reproduced: P. 21; Mentioned: P. 20.
    Peters, Emily J., Laura Ritter, William Griswold, Klaus Albrecht Schröder, and Koenraad Jonckheere. Tales of the City: Drawing in the Netherlands from Bosch to Bruegel. Cleveland, OH : Cleveland Museum of Art, 2022. Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 208-209, no. 61
  • Tales of the City: Drawing in the Netherlands from Bosch to Bruegel. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (October 9, 2022-January 8, 2023).
  • {{cite web|title=Studies of a Naked Seated Boy|url=false|author=Jacob de Gheyn II|year=c. 1603|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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