id:			166591
accession number:	2008.339
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2008.339
updated:		2025-02-09 06:27:49.893000

Two Male Nudes, 1710. Louis de Boullogne (French, 1654–1733). Black chalk, heightened with white chalk; overall: 58.4 x 41.9 cm (23 x 16 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2008.339

title:				Two Male Nudes
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creation date:			1710
creation date earliest:		1710
creation date latest:		1710
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creditline:			Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	black chalk, heightened with white chalk
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Louis de Boullogne (French, 1654–1733)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 58.4 x 41.9 cm (23 x 16 1/2 in.)
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	description:	gray laid paper
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	inscription:	signed, lower center, in black chalk: Louis De Boullongne / 1710; verso, lower right, in graphite: 1608 [underlined] / 3; lower center, in graphite: #19
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		A Painting in Focus: Jean-Bernard Restout's Sleep and the French Royal Academy
	opening date:   1999-03-14T00:00:00
	<i>A Painting in Focus: Jean-Bernard Restout's Sleep and the French Royal Academy</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 14-May 23, 1999).

	title:		French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin
	opening date:   2001-08-26T00:00:00
	<i>French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001); Dahesh Museum of Art (February 19-May 18, 2002).

	title:		Master/Apprentice: Imitation and Inspiration in the Renaissance
	opening date:   2019-10-13T04:00:00
	<i>Master/Apprentice: Imitation and Inspiration in the Renaissance</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 13, 2019-February 23, 2020).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art (March 14 - May 23, 1999): "A Painting in Focus: Jean-Bernard Restout\'s Sleep and the French Royal Academy," exh. cat. no. 8 (repr.).', 'opening_date': '1999-03-14T00:00:00'}

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Foster, Carter E. "Jean-Bernard Restout's "Sleep: Figure Study": Painting and Drawing from Life at the French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture." <em>Cleveland Studies in the History of Art</em> 3 (1998): 48-85.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 54, Reproduced: fig. 11, p. 54
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/20079698.

	Foster, Carter E., Sylvain Bellenger, and Patrick Shaw Cable. <em>French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin</em>. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
	page number: 	Referenced: cat. no. 3, p. 16-17, Reproduced: p. 17
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