Study of a Nude Male Figure Tormented by a Demon

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Artist/Maker	Rubens, Peter Paul (artist)
Place of origin	Belgium (drawn)

Naked figure of a man falling backwards in pain, with a demon pulling out his tongue; A study for one of the figures in the 'Fall of the Damned', Munich; Drawing in black chalk, slightly touched with white and yellow chalks.

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Category	Drawings
Object type	Drawing
Title	Study of a Nude Male Figure Tormented by a Demon (published title)
Materials and techniques	Black chalk, slightly touched with white and yellow chalks Paper Black Chalk White Chalk Yellow Chalk Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description	Drawing 'Study of a Nude Male Figure Tormented by a Demon', by Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish School, black chalk, slightly touched with white and yellow chalks, ca. 1621.
Physical description	Naked figure of a man falling backwards in pain, with a demon pulling out his tongue; A study for one of the figures in the 'Fall of the Damned', Munich; Drawing in black chalk, slightly touched with white and yellow chalks.
Dimensions	Height: 268mm Width: 328mm
Style	Flemish School
Production type	Unique
Marks and inscriptions	Inscribed in brown ink: at lower left, P. R.; at lower right, P. P. R:; and above this (with the museum’s Dyce inv. no.), 520.
Credit line	Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history	Richard Cosway (1740–1821), London (L. 629), his sale, London, Stanley, 14–21 February 1822, lot 677; Rev. Alexander Dyce (1798–1869), London, by whom bequeathed to the museum (L. Suppl. 153b), 1869.
Subjects depicted	Demon Man
Bibliographic references	DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874. Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum (London, 2014), vol. II, cat. 525, pp.448-51
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	DYCE.520

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O819420/study-of-a-nude-male-drawing-rubens-peter-paul/

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