Draftsman drawing a reclining nude – Antique Print
![Draftsman drawing a reclining nude, [published 1965] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/28/28e6bef2e91c-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic drawing captures Draftsman drawing a reclining nude in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Draftsman drawing a reclining nude
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A draftsman sits at a grid of cords and a frame, copying a reclining nude through a net of threads, which makes this one of the clearest records of an artist's working method. Albrecht Dürer made the woodcut around 1525 for his treatise on measurement, *Underweysung der Messung*, which taught artists to render the human body through geometry and perspective devices. This copy is a 1965 photomechanical reproduction from a book of Dürer's complete engravings, etchings and woodcuts, so its fine contour lines reflect the original block.
| Created / published | [published 1965] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print. |
| Genre | Book illustrations 1960-1970.Photomechanical prints 1960-1970.Woodcuts 1520-1530 Reproductions. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Dürer: complete engravings, etchings, and woodcuts / text by Karl-Adolf Knappe. New York : H.N. Abrams, [1965], p. 373. Reproduction of woodcut made ca. 1525. |
| Subjects | Drawings--1520-1530. Artists' models--1520-1530. Nudes--1520-1530. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,287 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-177900 |
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