Study of a male nude figure, seated, with his right foot on a round block and his head thrown back.
Drawing
ca. 1800 (drawn)
ca. 1800 (drawn)
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Chalk drawing in black and white on grey paper showing a male nude figure seated on a block with his head thrown back
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Title | Study of a male nude figure, seated, with his right foot on a round block and his head thrown back. (popular title) |
Materials and techniques | Chalk drawing |
Brief description | Chalk study of a seated nude male figure by John Constable ca.1800. |
Physical description | Chalk drawing in black and white on grey paper showing a male nude figure seated on a block with his head thrown back |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'Drawn by my Father John Constable R. A. C. G. Constable' (Inscribed on the back in ink) |
Gallery label | In the Academy life room, living models were often posed to resemble antique sculpture or figures from old master paintings. The model here strikes a pose derived from the prophet Jonah in Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling. Constable followed the curriculum at the Schools even though it had little bearing on his subsequent career as a landscape painter. |
Object history | Given by the Rev. R.C. Lathom Browne |
Historical context | Constable had come to London in February 1799, with a letter of introduction from Mrs. Priscilla Wakefield, the Quaker philanthropist, to Joseph Farington. (The date 1798 which has previously been accepted for this journey was derived from entries published under that year in the printed edition of Farington's Diary (Greig, Vol. I, p. 229); but they are dated 1799 in the original MS.) He entered the Academy Schools as a probationer in March 1799, and was enrolled as a student on 19 February 1800. In the summer of 1800 he stayed by himself sketching in Helmingham Park, the grounds of a seat of the Earl of Dysart. [G Reynolds] |
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Literary reference | The model's pose derives from Michelangelo's figure of the prophet Jonah on the Sistine Chapel ceiling |
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Accession number | 45-1873 |
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Record created | May 15, 2009 |
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