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William Etty
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Description
- William Etty
- An Academy study of a Male nude
- oil on board
Catalogue Note
A similar work of enlarged dimensions showing a full-length kneeling female adopting the same pose1 was a study for a figure in the left foreground of Pluto and Proserpine, which was purchased from the artist for £350 by Lord Northwick at the opening of the Royal Academy Exhbuition of 1839.
1. See D. Farr, William Etty, London 1958, no. 80b, p. 152, reproduced pl. 65a