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Study of a Male Nude
Study of a Male Nude

Study of a Male Nude

Unidentified artist, French, first quarter 19th century
Jacques Louis David (French, 1748–1825)
Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault (French, 1791–1824)
1810–1820
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions80.7 x 61.9 cm (31 3/4 x 24 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Samuel Dennis Warren
Accession number91.26
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceAbout 1875, Thomas Robinson, Providence [see note 1]; November 16, 1886, Robinson sale, Moore's Art Galleries, New York, lot 126, sold to Vose Galleries, Providence and Boston [see note 2]; 1890, sold by Vose to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Dennis Warren, Boston; 1891, gift of Mrs. Samuel Dennis Warern to the MFA [see note 3]. (Accession date: February 3, 1891)


NOTES:
[1] Between the 1850s and 1880s, Robinson traveled to France and purchased paintings as Seth Morton Vose's agent. This painting was purchased as by Géricault and likely brought to the U.S. in 1875. It had been cut in two by 1886.

[2] Sold as by Géricault.

[3] Sold as by Géricault. At the time of donation, the painting measured 13 1/2 x 16 1/2, but would be rejoined with its lower half in 1935.


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