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
- Isaac Claesz van Swanenburg
- Artist Nationality
- Dutch
- Artist Life Dates
- 1537-1614
- Medium and Support
- pen, brown ink and gray wash on laid paper
- 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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- drapery (representations)
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- mannerist
- nudes
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 979 x 1453
- File Size
- 124 KB
- 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.