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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > History Painting c.1799-1807 > Calais Pier Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Standing Male Nude with Arms Extended c.1799-1805

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Standing Male Nude with Arms Extended’ c.1799-1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 7 Recto:
A Standing Male Nude with Arms Extended c.1799–1805
D04914
Turner Bequest LXXXI 13
White chalk on blue laid paper, 436 x 271 mm
Watermarks ‘1794’ and ‘VI’
Stamped in black ‘LXXXI–13’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Like the academy study on folio 6 recto (D04912; Turner Bequest LXXXI 11) and the slight sketch on folio 11 recto (D04922; Turner Bequest LXXXI 21), this drawing was executed in white chalk alone. Other academy studies of the male nude are on folios 5 recto, 9 recto and 10 recto (D04910, D04918, D04920; Turner Bequest LXXXI 9, 17, 19), while studies of a supine male nude related to Turner’s ideas for historical subjects to be realised as oil paintings are on D04922 (already mentioned), and folios 12 recto, 13 recto and 16 recto (D04924, D04926, D04932; Turner Bequest LXXXI 23, 25, 31).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Standing Male Nude with Arms Extended c.1799–1805 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 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-standing-male-nude-with-arms-extended-r1178118, accessed 19 April 2024.