Academic Study of a Reclining Male Nude

Museum record 196175: Academic Study of a Reclining Male Nude by François Boucher. A verified entry point for discovery.

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As an influential professor at the Royal Academy, Boucher taught life drawing. A savvy businessman, he realized the potential of producing etchings after his studies from life so that there might be instruction in provincial centers as well. This drawing—a dazzling demonstration of his technique of comingling red, black, and white chalks—was one of those reproduced. MyArtTaste includes museum record 196175 as a recognizable discovery anchor, using the institution's official public-domain metadata and ima…