AT-00011575
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Nude Study of an Old Man
About the Artwork
In preparation for executing largescale paintings, artists often produced studies of individual components of their compositions in order to work through their ideas. Lehmann made this figural study for a mural in the old Hôtel de Ville in Paris, destroyed by fire during the Commune in 1871. Here, the artist explored how to render deep shadows on the nude male body.
Inscriptions
lower right, in graphite: 8 May; verso: lower right corner, in graphite: #19; lower left corner: Henri Lehmann (L.1664g)
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Henri Lehmann (French, 1814–1882)
- Date
- before 1852
- Medium
- Graphite and stumping
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 31.1 x 21 cm (12 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Bequest of Muriel Butkin
- Accession no.
- 2018.44
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Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
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