J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Wales 1798 > Dynevor Castle Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of a Kneeling Male Nude with Raised Left Arm 1798

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of a Kneeling Male Nude with Raised Left Arm’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 28 Verso:
Study of a Kneeling Male Nude with Raised Left Arm 1798
D01508
Turner Bequest XL 26a
Pencil on white wove paper, 135 x 95 mm
Inscribed in red ink ‘67’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘XL – 26 a’ bottom left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject is continued on folio 29 recto opposite (D01509; Turner Bequest XL 27). Like the study on folios 26 verso–27 recto (D01504–D01505; Turner Bequest XL 24a–25), this was probably made at the Royal Academy Life School. It shows the same model in the same pose as the other drawing, though from the opposite side and without the accoutrements of David with the head of Goliath. The two studies are not related to preparations for any known subject picture.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Study of a Kneeling Male Nude with Raised Left Arm 1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-study-of-a-kneeling-male-nude-with-raised-left-arm-r1173747, accessed 25 April 2024.