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A charcoal drawing of a sculptural, nude male torso seen from behind. The figure is heavily shaded and detailed, and fine lines express detailed contours of the body.
A charcoal drawing of a sculptural, nude male torso seen from behind. The figure is heavily shaded and detailed, and fine lines express detailed contours of the body.
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  • A charcoal drawing of a sculptural, nude male torso seen from behind. The figure is heavily shaded and detailed, and fine lines express detailed contours of the body.
  • A charcoal drawing of a sculptural, nude male torso seen from behind. The figure is heavily shaded and detailed, and fine lines express detailed contours of the body.

Anton Løvenberg

Study after a Plaster Cast of a Male Torso

Maker

Anton Løvenberg (American, b. Danish, 1827 - 1909)

Title

Study after a Plaster Cast of a Male Torso
Portfolio of academic studies

Year

ca.1840

Medium

  • Charcoal with stumping and erasing and black chalk on wove paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Charcoal with stumping and erasing and black chalk on wove paper

Materials

charcoal

Supports

  • Cream paper

Dimensions

53.7 x 36.2 cm (21 1/8 x 14 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed in charcoal, LR:5 ; signed in charcoal on verso, LR:A Lovenberg

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Frederick Lovenberg

Object Number

59.081.5

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Exhibition History

Drawing Closer
Four Hundred Years of Drawing from the RISD Museum
Mar 12, 2022 – Sep 04, 2022

Label copy

Anton Løvenberg was a student at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts when he made this careful study of a plaster cast of a muscular male torso. Sketching from plaster casts has long been a step in academic art education, enabling students to study volume and the fall of light on three-dimensional objects. Løvenberg employed an intricate mesh of crosshatched lines that intersect at acute angles while following the curves of the forms they describe. This systematic graphic vocabulary is reminiscent of that found in engravings, which students were also encouraged to copy as part of their training.

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Anton Løvenberg (American, b. Danish, 1827 - 1909)
Study after a Plaster Cast of a Male Torso; Portfolio of academic studies, ca.1840
Charcoal with stumping and erasing and black chalk on wove paper
53.7 x 36.2 cm (21 1/8 x 14 1/4 inches)
Gift of Frederick Lovenberg 59.081.5

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