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Male Nude Study

Pierre Paul Prud'hon

Male Nude Study by Pierre Paul Prud'hon

Male Nude Study by Pierre Paul Prud'hon, 25 cm × 45 cm — Both at true scale.

25 cm × 45 cm

About the size of an open laptop. You would need 4 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 45 cm
Width: 25 cm
Medium: charcoal heightened with white chalk on blue paper
Kind: Drawing
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
Credit: Gift of Howard Sturges

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Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?: 25 cm × 45 cm. About the size of an open laptop. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: It is in the public domain, and National Gallery of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by National Gallery of Art: Gift of Howard Sturges.
How was it made?: Charcoal heightened with white chalk on blue paper.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at National Gallery of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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