George Frederic Watts RA, Figures studies of a male nude, possibly for 'Orpheus and Eurydice'.
Black chalk on brown wove paper. 525 mm x 341 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: Prudence Cuming Associates Limited.
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Figures studies of a male nude, possibly for 'Orpheus and Eurydice'
George Frederic Watts RA (1817 - 1904)
RA Collection: Art
A sheet of six figure studies of a male nude in black chalk. At the top of the sheet are two studies of a figure in a reclining pose, with a standing figure on the bottom left and three further details of the torso and legs.
The two reclining figures resemble the pose of Orpheus in one of Watts's versions of 'Orpheus and Eurydice' (1869-77, various versions including one at the Watts Gallery) and it is possible that these drawings are an early idea for the composition.
Object details
525 mm x 341 mm
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