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Jacob de Gheyn II

Studies of a Naked Seated Boy

c. 1603
Black chalk and white chalks with stumping on gray-blue antique laid paper

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This sheet of studies of a young male model drawn from various angles is among the earliest nudes drawn from life in the Netherlands.

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