Joseph Mallord William Turner

Study of a Kneeling Male Nude with Raised Left Arm

1798

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Dynevor Castle Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 135 × 95 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D01508
Turner Bequest XL 26 a

Catalogue entry

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

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