Male Nude, Study for Samson and Delilah

ca.1730–69

Not on view

Jean François Amand, a student of the successful history painter, Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre (1714-1789) made this study of a male nude as he prepared his entry for the 1756 Prix-de-Rome competition. His winning submission, Samson and Delilah, is today in the Landesmuseum Mainz. In the painting, this figure, who ties Samson’s feet with rope, is depicted clothed and with a plumed helmet.

The attribution to Amand was first suggested by Benjamin Peronnet.

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Title: Male Nude, Study for Samson and Delilah
Artist: Jacques Francois Amand (French, 1730–1769)
Date: ca.1730–69
Medium: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: Height: 11 5/16 in. (28.7 cm)
Width: 17 1/16 in. (43.3 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Drawings and Prints Gifts, 2017
Object Number: 2017.361
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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