Bernard Picart, “Academic Study of a Male Nude”, 1733

Bernard Picart (1673–1733)
“Academic Study of a Male Nude,” 1733

Technical Details & Condition:
Etching on fine laid paper with full margins as issued. This is plate number 59 in a series of academic figure studies titled “Impostures innocentes, ou Recueil d'Estampes d'après Divers Peintres Illustres” (Innocent Impostures / Collection of Prints after Various Illustrious Painters), first published in Amsterdam in 1734 by the widow of Bernard Picart (Veuve Bernard Picart).

Archive.org provides an online view of this print in its original context alongside other images from the folio, published by John Boydell (1720–1804) in London: https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_impostures-innocentes-o_picart-bernard_1756/page/n111/mode/2up.

This is a strong, well-printed impression. Aside from small tears in the lower left margin, the sheet is in excellent condition—free of holes, folds, abrasions, stains, or signs of handling.

Dimensions:
• Sheet: 40.7 x 25.2 cm
• Platemark: 33.4 x 22 cm
• Outer image borderline: 31.9 x 21.3 cm

Numbering and Lettering on Plate:
• Upper right corner: “59”
• Lower centre: “Académie dessinée et Gravée par B. Picart. / l’Original est au Cabinet de Mons^r. Walraven à Amsterdam.”

References:
• Dimier 947–956 (Louis Dimier, Les Peintres Français du XVIIIe Siècle: Histoire des Vies et Catalogue des Oeuvres, 1928, Paris, Les Éditions G. Van Oest, nos. 947–956)
• British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1861-1109-801

Price & Shipping:
AU$236 (approximately US$165.65 / €140.14 / £121.68), including worldwide express shipping. Import duties and taxes are the buyer’s responsibility.

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