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WILLIAM HOGARTH (1697-1764)

A male nude holding a spear

c.1728

RCIN 913488

This study was taken by Hogarth from a life model at the St Martin’s Lane Academy. The Academy, which was founded in 1720, was a meeting place for artists, who would gather to draw and socialise. Hogarth repeatedly studied life models as a means of improving his technique, a practice which could be traced back to the training of the old masters. In the Royal Collection by 1833 Cat. 78

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