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William Etty

Seated Female Nude, ca. 1825

Description

Maker

Title

Seated Female Nude

Year

ca. 1825

Medium

Oil on panel

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Supports

Dimensions

54.3 x 40.8 cm (21 3/8 x 16 1/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Unsigned

Place

England

Type

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

53.422

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

From the Reserve I

April 9 - August 3, 1994

Though he aspired to the grand tradition of history painting, William Etty is best known for his studies of the human figure and his use of sensuous color. Throughout his career, Etty continued to attend the Royal Academy's life class to draw from the model, even after having been made Royal Academician in 1828. His paintings of nudes, which although classically posed were unidealized, scandalized his fellow Academicians and the public attending the Royal Academy exhibitions, where they were displayed.

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