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Male Nude Seen from Behind

A work made of red chalk, heightened with white chalk, with traces of black chalk, on tan laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of red chalk, heightened with white chalk, with traces of black chalk, on tan laid paper.

Date:

1672/88

Artist:

Daniël Mijtens, the Younger
Dutch, 1644-1688

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Daniel Mytens, II

Title

Male Nude Seen from Behind

Place

Netherlands (Artist's nationality:)

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1672–1688

Medium

Red chalk, heightened with white chalk, with traces of black chalk, on tan laid paper

Inscriptions

Signed recto, lower center: "Mijtens" [or Meytens]; inscribed verso, lower left, in graphite: "–/T"; lower right, in graphite: "1169"; center, in graphite: "D. Mijtens"

Dimensions

38 × 49.2 cm (15 × 19 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray

Reference Number

2019.854

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