Nude Male Figure with a Sword

1878

Not on view

The drawing is a study for one of the Muslims in the Captivity of St. Louis in Palestine, one of four scenes from the Life of St. Louis, painted by Cabanel in 1878 in the Panthéon, Paris.

Artwork Details

Title: Nude Male Figure with a Sword
Artist: Alexandre Cabanel (French, Montpellier 1823–1889 Paris)
Date: 1878
Medium: Black chalk
Dimensions: 19 7/16 x 12 11/16 in. (49.3 x 32.3cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Purchase, Karen B. Cohen Gift, 1988
Object Number: 1988.255
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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