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Male Nude as Hercules
Jacques Louis David French
Not on view
With a name suggestive of the setting in which they were made, académies, or studies of male nudes, were an essential component in the training of young artists in eighteenth-century France. Props were sometimes included as vague allusions to historical and mythological characters. In this case, the chain presages David’s lifelong interest in themes of imprisonment and liberty.
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