Cleveland Museum of Art
Male Academy with Wings
François BoucherLinkedCulture matchlcp-8b3762df2461
- Date
- 1745–50
- Medium
- red chalk on cream laid paper
- Culture
- France, 18th century
- Department
- Drawings
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 166629
What the image shows
A male figure with wings sits hunched over, appearing distressed.
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From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
Academically trained artists often practiced drawing live models. Called academies, these figure studies occasionally served as preparatory drawings for paintings. Some artists crafted their academies to appeal to collectors interested in contemplating technical skill and inventiveness. Boucher may have imaginatively given wings to this male nude, who does not appear in any known painting, to demonstrate his ingenuity by transforming the model into a mythological figure.
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- Credit line
- Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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