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Reclining Nude with Cupid
Giovanni Battista Cipriani1700s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Giovanni Battista Cipriani spent much of his career in England, where he was a founding member of the Royal Academy. There, he taught life classes and focused on the study of the human form in his own work, such as this sheet. In addition to anatomical study, Cipriani often added fantastical flourishes to his studies, such as the cherub seen here.
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- Title: Reclining Nude with Cupid
- Creator: Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Italian, 1727-1785)
- Date Created: 1700s
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 27.5 x 39.1 cm (10 13/16 x 15 3/8 in.)
- Provenance: Dr. John Percy [1817-1899], London, United Kingdom, (Duits Gallery, London, United Kingdom), Muriel Butkin [1916-2008], Shaker Heights, OH, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.257
- Medium: red chalk heightened with white chalk on brown handmade antique laid paper
- Fun Fact: A series of Giovani Battista Cipriani’s drawings were published after his death as an instructional text for students of the medium.
- Department: Drawings
- Culture: Italy, 18th century
- Credit Line: Bequest of Muriel Butkin
- Collection: DR - French
- Accession Number: 2019.257
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