# Nude Viewed from Behind

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## Artwork

- Artist: [PRUD&#39;HON, Pierre-Paul](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/prudhon-pierre-paul-rcfcbf11efdcd82>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Black chalk with white highlights on blue paper

## Commentary

Studies of nudes were usually undertaken during an artists education or served as the basis of paintings. This was not the case with Prud&#39;hon: even as a mature artist he drew from life without seeking to exploit the work further in any way. His model here reveals her back in a classical pose. The idealized beauty of the body - inspired by ancient sculpture - is formed by a flickering pattern of light and shade with soft transitional areas. The sensuousness of the depiction is further enhanced by a sfumato technique reminiscent of Leonardo da Vinci.

## Related artworks

- [Apollo and the Nine Muses on Mount Parnassus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/prudhon-pierre-paul-rcfcbf11efdcd82/apollo-and-the-nine-muses-on-mount-parnassus-rbae1414fae4345>)
- [Crucifixion](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/prudhon-pierre-paul-rcfcbf11efdcd82/crucifixion-rc7b9a607d096b6>)
- [Innocence Preferring Love to Wealth](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/prudhon-pierre-paul-rcfcbf11efdcd82/innocence-preferring-love-to-wealth-rd08e63f80d1dc0>)
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- [Portrait of Georges Anthony](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/prudhon-pierre-paul-rcfcbf11efdcd82/portrait-of-georges-anthony-r0ce988ff4069b4>)
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- [The Empress Josephine](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/prudhon-pierre-paul-rcfcbf11efdcd82/the-empress-josephine-re6263f6524140b>)
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## Attribution

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