Academic Nude Study
Artist
Julien Vallou de Villeneuve
(French, 1795 - 1866)
Dateca. 1853
MediumSalt print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 6 9/16 × 4 13/16 inches (16.67 × 12.22 cm)
Mount: 13 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (34.29 × 26.67 cm)
Mount: 13 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (34.29 × 26.67 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation in honor of the 75th anniversary of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Object number2008.13.25
Signednone
InscribedOn image recto, lower right edge, in negative: "1933";
On mount recto, lower left, in pencil: "W";
On mount recto, bottom center, in pencil: "1933.".
MarkingsOn mount recto, lower right, in pencil: "E1001";
On mount verso, upper left, in pencil: "ge [?] / T.W. MAY DECISIO PAYMENT AUG END".
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of a woman, nude from the waist up, wearing a head cloth and a striped skirt. She holds a spear in her right hand and her head is tilted to the side as she shields it with her left hand.ProvenancePurchased from Charles Isaacs Photographs Inc., New York, NY by The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2008;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2008.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2008.
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Julien Vallou de Villeneuve
1853
2017.44.23.12
