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Female Nude, Study for "The Soul Breaking the Ties That Bind It to Earth"

Female Nude, Study for "The Soul Breaking the Ties That Bind It to Earth"

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Pierre Paul Prud'hon

Artist
Pierre Paul Prud'hon
(French, 1758 - 1823)
Title
Female Nude, Study for "The Soul Breaking the Ties That Bind It to Earth"
Date
1821-1823
Medium
Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions
23 1/4 x 17 7/8 in. image
Credit
Cyril W. Nave Endowment Fund and Malcolm K. and Bertha Whyte Endowment Fund purchase
Accession No.
1982.2
Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
Geography
France

Related

before 1838, in the collection of Charles de Boisfremont (Paris, France). 1982; Shepherd Gallery (New York, NY) sells to Elvehjem Art Center [now called the Chazen Museum of Art] (Madison, WI)

  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Bulletin 1981-1983." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1983. p. 72
  • Kashey, Robert and Martin Reymert for Shepherd Gallery. "French and Other European Drawings, Paintings, and Sculpture of the Nineteenth Century; Winter Exhibition 1981-1982 Shepherd Gallery." New York City: Shepherd Gallery, 1981. n.p., cat. no. 154

  • Hand of the Master, The: Drawings from the Elvehjem’s Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 5/11/1985–7/28/1985
  • Director's Legacy, A: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 10/7/1983–11/20/1983
  • French and Other European Drawings, Paintings and Sculpture of the Nineteenth Century (1981-1982): Shepherd Gallery, New York

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