Reclining Nude with Cupid
Medium
red chalk heightened with white chalk on brown handmade antique laid paper
Dimensions
{"sheet":{"height":0.275,"width":0.391}}
Classification
Drawing
Department
Drawings
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Bequest of Muriel Butkin
Accession Number
2019.257
Tags
male
About this artwork
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.