'A Seated Male Nude Leaning Forward', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

A Seated Male Nude Leaning Forward

From Drawings from the Nude Model

Date c.1796

MediumChalk on paper

Dimensionssupport: 514 x 349 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D40234

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

A Seated Male Nude Leaning Forward c.1796

D40234

Black chalk on laid blue wrapping paper, 514 x 349 mm
Watermark ‘6’ or ‘9’

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

There is an offset of this drawing on Tate D00055 (Turner Bequest V B). The recto is Tate D00202 (Turner Bequest XVIII G).

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

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This catalogue entry is part of: David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, December 2012.

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest