Study of a Male Nude with Floating Drapery / Isaac Claesz van Swanenburg / Attributed to

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Accession Number
1954/2.54
Title
Study of a Male Nude with Floating Drapery
Artist Nationality
Dutch
Artist Life Dates
1537-1614
Object Creation Date
1562-1638
Object Creation Place
Europe (continent)
Netherlands (nation)
South Holland (province)
Leyden (inhabited place)
Creation Place 1
Europe (continent)
Creation Place 2
Netherlands (nation)
Creation Place 3
South Holland (province)
Creation Place 4
Leyden (inhabited place)
Credit Line
Museum Purchase
Style/Group/Movement
Mannerist
Dimensions
31.6 cm x 20.1 cm (12 7/16 in. x 7 15/16 in.)
Century
16th century
Primary Object Classification
Drawing
Primary Object Type
study
Physical Description
This study of a male nude set within a niche combines a skilled portrayal of anatomy with a powerful evocation of movement and emotional intensity. Through the carefully rendered arms and swirling draperies the artist expands and animates the space around the figure, who seems to surge forward even as he turns his head back in a gesture of despair.
Subject Matter
The intricate pose and dramatic elaboration of each element of the nude's body--the well-muscled torso, the foreshortened arms, the striding legs--give the figure a striking yet overwrought quality. Such excessive complexity was appreciated in the period as a sign of creativity and a conspicuous display of artistry. The self-conscious cultivation of artistic difficult seen in this drawing was a key feature of a style popular in the mid- to late sixteenth century that scholars have termed Mannerism.
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Record
1954/2.54
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"Study of a Male Nude with Floating Drapery; Isaac Claesz van Swanenburg; Attributed to." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-2.54/1954_2.54.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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