Head and neck of an écorché figure, seen from behind, and small sketch of male nude in action. Red chalk and pencil drawing, by C. Landseer, 1815.
- Landseer, Charles, 1799 or 1800-1879.
- Date:
- 1815/08/19
- Reference:
- 563127i
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An interpretation of an écorché head traditionally attributed to Edmé Bouchardon (Amerson, loc. cit.), alternatively to Jean-Pancrace Chastel (Kornell, loc. cit.). The head exists both as part of a full-length figure of a man and as a separate bust-length sculpture
Publication/Creation
1815/08/19
Physical description
1 drawing : red chalk ; sheet 37.7 x 26.6 cm
Related material
Forms a pair with : Landseer, Charles, 1799 or 1800-1879. Head and neck of an écorché figure, in profile. Red and black chalk drawing, with pencil, by C. Landseer, 1815. (Wcat)563118i
Lettering
Landseer, August 19th, 1815
Includes handwritten key to muscles, in pencil
References note
L. Price Amerson, Jr., 'Catalogue des moulages conservés à la Royal Academy of Arts de Londres', in L'écorché: expérience pédagogique à l'Ecole Régionale des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, cahier no. 3, November 1976, pp. 13-33
Monique Kornell, Flesh and bones: the art of anatomy, Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2022, pp. 180-181
Reference
Wellcome Collection 563127i
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