Male Nudes in Dynamic Poses

Artistic depictions of male nudes in expressive stances. Features include dramatic poses, detailed anatomy, and a classical art style.

Standing male nude, seen from the side (3rd prize 1789), Daniël Friday, 1789 drawing paper. chalk standing figure (+ nude human being). standing figure (+ nude human being)

Andrea Appiani, Striding Male Nude, 1764-1817, pen and brown-gray ink on laid paper.

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia (Italian, active c. 1490 - 1525 or after), Hercules and the Cretan Bull, c. 1514-1515, engraving

Standing male nude, seen on the back, Jacob Ernst Marcus, 1802 drawing Standing male naked, seen on the back. No. 126. paper. chalk standing figure

Seated Nude Boy. Artist: After Edme Bouchardon (French, Chaumont 1698-1762 Paris). Dimensions: 9 1/8 x 8 7/8 in. (23.1 x 22.5 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Antonio Antolín (Attributed to) / 'Life study'. XVIII century. Red chalk on yellow laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Nude Man Seated before a Curtain. Rembrandt van Rijn; Dutch, 1606-1669. Date: 1646. Dimensions: 165 x 94 mm (image/plate); 167x 98 mm (sheet). Etching on ivory laid paper. Origin: Holland. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: REMBRANDT HARMENSZOON VAN RIJN.

Study of a seated male nude, pointing with the right arm, draughtsman: Louis Fabritius Dubourg, 1703 - 1775, paper, h 317 mm × w 255 mm

Sitting male naked, turned to the right, the left foot on a block. Draughtsman: anonymous. Draughtsman: Jurriaan Andriessen. Dating: 1769. Measurements: h 471 mm × w 298 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Sitting male nude, seen from the side (2nd prize 1793), Hermanus Fock, 1793 drawing paper. chalk sitting figure (+ nude human being). sitting figure (+ nude human being)

Hercules, Greek mythical hero, slaying the Nemean lion. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Worlidge from James Vallentin's One Hundred and Eight Engravings from Antique Gems, 1863.

Different views of a leg and arms, Roubillac, After Philippe Louis Parizeau, c. 1780 print France paper etching drawing, sketch. legs. arms

Red chalk drawing by an anonymous artist depicting a male figure seated, focusing on posture and anatomy, dated 1700-1750.

Male Nude, Louis Marin Bonnet, After Charles Nicolas Cochin (II), 1746 - 1793 print print maker: Franceafter drawing by: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa). man (showing himself) undressed, quasi-nude

A seated nude male figure seen from the right. Red chalk drawing.

Viladomat Antoni drawing. 18th. Museum: Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC), Barcelona, SPAIN.

Male nude, kneeling on one leg and leaning on his arm, holding a stick in his hand, Male nude holding a stick in his hand, draughtsman: Jan Hoogsaat, 1664 - 1730, paper, h 286 mm × w 200 mm

Standing male nude, seen on the back, the right arm raised ..

Hercules Resting (recto); Footed Vessel with Handle (verso), 1595-97. Annibale Carracci (Italian, c. 1560-1609). Black chalk heightened with white, squared in black chalk on right, incised (edges of figure); sheet: 35.5 x 52.4 cm (14 x 20 5/8 in.); secondary support: 36.6 x 53.3 cm (14 7/16 x 21 in.); tertiary support: 38.3 x 55 cm (15 1/16 x 21 5/8 in.). To atone for the crime of killing his family, the Greek hero Hercules was required to perform twelve labors. In this final study for a fresco of this subject commissioned by Cardinal Odoardo Farnese for the ceiling of his study in his familys Roman palace, Hercules rests, surrounded by evidence of his toil: the head of the Erymanthian boar he captured; the three golden apples of the Hesperides; and the hide of the Nemean lion on which he sits. The heros pose and exaggerated musculature are a result of the artists intense study of ancient models, and emulate specific antique sculptures depicting river gods in the Farnese collection

Hercules and Telephos, Nicolaes de Bruyn, after Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1645 - c. 1706 print An image of Hercules with his son Telephos on his arm. His lion skin hangs over Hercules shoulder and the child plays with the head of the lion. On the inscription on the pedestal of the image, Hercules is associated with the Roman emperor commodus who tried to match Hercules courage and strength. print maker: Netherlandsprint maker: Haarlempublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. (story of) Telephus. (story of) Hercules (Heracles). (story of) Commodus the Roman emperor (+ mythological or allegorical portrait; allegorical representation of event from the life of historical person)

Two male nude studies.

Statue of a naked Paris; Galleria Giustiniana del Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani I. Statue of a naked Paris, in his right arm a stick, his left arm raised something. Under the tree trunk the coat of arms of Vincenzo Giustiniani. Print is part of an album with a series of prints to the sculptures in the collection in the Galleria Giustiniani in Rome.

Figural Studies, Red crayon on paper, Figure shown from the front, seated. The left foot stands upon a step. The arms are crossed. The head is lowered and turned towards the left shoulder., Italy, 1550-1600, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Statue of a faun, 1636 - 1647 print Statue of a faun leaning against a pole or tree trunk. An animal skin over his shoulder. In the middle of the tree trunk the coat of arms of Vincenzo Giustiniani. Print is part of an album with a series of prints to the sculptures in the collection in the Galleria Giustiniani in Rome. paper engraving piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. satyrs, fauns, Sileni

Standing male nude, seen from the front (2nd prize 1804), Joannes ECHARIUS CAROLUS Alberti, 1804 drawing paper. chalk standing figure (+ nude human being). standing figure (+ nude human being)

A standing male nude, seen from behind. Crayon manner print by Lavalée after J. Gamelin, 1778/1779.

Standing male naked with mustache. Draughtsman: Johan Christiaan Willem Safft (mentioned on object). Dating: 13-Feb-1826. Measurements: h 532 mm × w 303 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Study of Anatomy: A Youth Drawing an Ecorché of a Standing Man. 1550-1600 Anonymous, Italian, 16th to early 17th century Italian. Study of Anatomy: A Youth Drawing an Ecorché of a Standing Man.. Anonymous, Italian, 16th to early 17th century. 1550-1600. Pen and brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash, over traces of black chalk or leadpoint. Drawings

Kenyon Cox, Seated Male Nude Study for Science Iowa State Capitol, 1905 Seated Male Nude: Study for Science - Iowa State Capitol

Haarlem, Heemskerck, Maarten van, Coornhert, Dirck Volckertsz., Wrestlers, Two wrestlers, verso middle right - stamped, Two naked wrestlers. The print is part of a series about two wrestlers in combat., print, prints, H.364, recto lower left - written, height 250 mm, width 197 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1522 - 1590-10-29, print maker, printmaker, 1552 - 1552, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1498 - 1574

Vatican City, Michelangelo, Italy, Alberti, Cherubino, Figures from the Last Judgement in the Sistine Chapel, Damned souls fighting, verso - stamped, Two damned souls fighting each other. At the bottom right a third floating figure., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 329 mm, width 166 mm, 1553 - 1615, print maker, printmaker, 1580 - 1580, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Italian, 1475-03-06 - 1564-02-18, after a painting by

Idol. Date: March-May 1886, Paris. Dimensions: 47.7 cm x 31.3 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.

Study for figure of 12 noon in The Hours,” mural at the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Sargent). Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897

Sitting male naked, the left hand under the head. Draughtsman: anonymous. Draughtsman: Jurriaan Andriessen. Dating: 28-Nov-1772. Measurements: h 520 mm × w 351 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Mosén Domingo Saura / 'Study of a right leg'. XVII century. Black chalk on laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Male nude, bent forward, seen from behind. Draughtsman: Aert Schouman. Dating: 1720 - 1792. Measurements: h 279 mm × w 375 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Nude Study 1768 Anonymous, Italian, Bolognese 18th century artist Italian. Nude Study 389562

Sitting male nude, with a stick, draughtsman: Alexander Liernur, 1788, paper, h 375 mm × w 261 mm

Man with sheet music. The foot of a tree is a naked man. He wears a cloth on his head and sits next to a beaten book with sheet music. In his left hand a (measuring) instrument. In the background a village with a church.

Standing male nude, seen from the front (2nd prize 1796), Nicolaus Ritter Jr., 1796 drawing paper. chalk standing figure (+ nude human being). standing figure (+ nude human being)

Studies of a sitting and standing male nude.

Standing male nude, seen on the back, A. Waterloo (attributed to), c. 1826 drawing paper. chalk

An écorché figure, lying on its side: foreshortened view. Crayon manner print by J. Gamelin after himself, 1779.

Dancing Votary of Bacchus. Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594 - 1665) About 1635 Nicolas Poussin may have made this drawing and one other to reconstruct an ancient cameo, or he might have copied a hanging ornament from ancient Rome. Roman mythology often represented Bacchus, the god of wine, as a handsome young man and a powerful god, sometimes with a lionskin or an empty drinking vessel. In this very finished drawing, Poussin used wash in light and dark tones over pen lines to model the figure and to set it off from the background, as if it were a cameo or a relief. He commonly copied ancient objects in his drawings, using these careful records to add authentic details to his classicizing paintings. Recto, upper right, in brown ink: "109"; Verso, in brown ink: "G.F.M."

Standing male nude with a canvas, from the front, Jean Grandjean, 1765 - 1781 drawing Standing male naked, with the right hand over the shoulder a canvas holding on from the front. paper. chalk standing figure

Study of a Seated Male Nude late 18th-19th century Philipp Otto Runge German. Study of a Seated Male Nude 382341 Artist: Philipp Otto Runge, German, Wolgast 17771810 Hamburg, Study of a Seated Male Nude, late 18th19th century, Black and white chalk, sheet: 20 11/16 x 16 3/4 in. (ca. 52.5 x 42.5 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, C. G. Boerner Gift, 2008 (2008.207)

Statue of Emperor Commodus as Hercules ,, Anonymous, After Jacob Bos, After 1550 print Statue of Emperor Commodus as Hercules. Hercules is naked and heavily built. He carries his lion skin as a cloak. His son Telephos is sitting on his left arm. The statue is now in the Vatican Museum. The print has a Latin caption. paper engraving (story of) Hercules (Heracles). (story of) Commodus the Roman emperor. piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture Vatican Museums

Sitting naked; Paintings in the Sixtin Chapel. Sitting naked man, turned to the left. One of the 'Ignudi' (naked men) from Michelangelo's ceiling painting. Numbered at the bottom right: 15. The print is part of an album.

Cesari, Giuseppe, Northern Netherlands, Bishop, Jan de, Paradigmata graphices variorum artificum, Nude man with a pike in his hand, verso - stamped, Nude young man with a pike in his hand. He walks forward and looks back., print, prints, height 225 mm, width 120 mm, 1628 - 1671-11-06, print maker, printmaker, 1668 - 1671, third quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Italian, 1568-02 - 1640-07-03, intermediary draughtsman

Statue of Emperor Commodus such as Hercules, Jacob Bos, 1550 print Statue of Emperor Commodus as Hercules. Hercules is naked and heavily built. He carries his lion skin as a cloak. His son Telephos is sitting on his left arm. The statue is now in the Vatican Museum. The print has a Latin caption. Rome paper engraving (story of) Hercules (Heracles). (story of) Commodus the Roman emperor. piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture Vatican Museums

Sitting male naked, seen on the back. Draughtsman: Jacob Willemz. de Vos (mentioned on object). Dating: 1803. Measurements: h 503 mm × w 345 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Standing male nude model. Draughtsman: Andrea Boscoli. Dating: 1592 - 1597. Measurements: h 380 mm × w 260 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Statue of a young gladiator with band around his head; Galleria Giustiniana del Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani I. Image of a young gladiator with band around his head and canvas around his shoulders. On the base the coat of arms of Vincenzo Giustiniani. Print is part of an album with a series of prints to the sculptures in the collection in the Galleria Giustiniani in Rome.

The Apollo Belvedere. Etching by R. Dalton, 174-.

Male nude, lying, supporting on the left arm.

Image of Hercules; L'Ercole di Casa Benavides a Padova; Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. A big picture of Hercules in Padua. Spectators are around the image. On the left is a draftsman. In the background a landscape with ruins.

Seated Nude Male. Artist: Anton Raphael Mengs (German, Ústi nad Labem (Aussig) 1728-1779 Rome). Dimensions: 21 9/16 x 15 5/8 in. (54.7 x 39.7 cm). Date: n.d.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

A standing male nude leaning to the left. Crayon manner print by Lavalée after J. Gamelin, 1778/1779.

Seated male nude, the head to the left, the right arm raised. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 11-May-1774. Measurements: h 436 mm × w 310 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Study of a sitting feminine nude.

Two putti; New Teecken-Boeck. Two standing plump putti, seen on the back. The left in contour, the straight with arces. Coming from the "new Teecken-Boeck. Second part" issued by G. Valck.

A black chalk drawing by Giovanni Battista Casanova showing ancient studies including a male bust, possibly Apollino or Antinous, and a children's Bacchanal in a stone medallion.

Arthur Pond, ca. 1705-1758, British, Untitled: Man carrying vessels, 1740.

Rubens, Peter Paul, Antwerp, Pontius, Paulus, The drawing book of Peter Paul Rubens, Two anatomical studies of arms, recto lower right - handwritten in brown ink, print, prints, verso left - stamped, 9, height 320 mm, width 209 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1603 - 1658-01-16, print maker, printmaker, 1616 - 1657, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1577-06-28 - 1640-05-30

Antinous, 27 November between 110 and 115, 30 October 130, was a favourite and probably lover of the Roman emperor Hadrian, historical Rome, Italy, digital reproduction of an 18th century original, original date unknown, Europe

Sitting female naked, a foot dressing.

Saint Christopher Bearing the Christ Child 1484-1539 Giovanni Antonio da Pordenone (Giovanni Antonio de Sacchis) Italian This pictorial 'chiaroscuro' study is Pordenone's finished drawing for the Saint Christopher he painted on one of the two shutters of a cupboard for ecclesiastical silver in Saint Rocco, Venice, about 1527 (Cohen, 1980, fig- 44). The sheet is squared for its proportional transfer onto the larger canvas. An old copy of this drawing is in the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento (Master Drawings from Sacramento, Sacramento, California, 1971, no. 11, repr., as Pordenone), which once figured in the collection of Baron Vivant Denon and was reproduced in reverse in Denon's "Monuments", vol. 2, pl. 124. At the Musée Condé in Chantilly there is a red chalk study for the figures of Saint Martin and the beggar represented on the other shutter in Saint Rocco (Cohen 1980, figs. 41 and 42). Together with other Venetian drawings in the Museum's collection, the sheet comes from the prest

Seated Nude Youth, Jan de Bisschop, after Michelangelo, after Sebastiano del Piombo, 1667 - 1671 print Naked man sitting on a stone block and leaning on a sphere. There are masks in a niche of the block. Northern Netherlands paper etching male sex; man (+ leaning)

Reclining Male Nude, second half 18th century. Gaetano Gandolfi (Italian, 1734-1802). Red chalk (stumped); sheet: 26.5 x 38.2 cm (10 7/16 x 15 1/16 in.).

Lying male nude, the arms backwards and the right leg lifted.

Sitting naked; Paintings in the Sixtin Chapel. One of the 'Ignudi' (naked men) from Michelangelo's ceiling painting. Numbered at the bottom right: 7.

Model study of a seated man.

Marsyas the satyr teaching Olympus the pan pipes. Handcoloured lithograph by A. Delvaux from Cesar Famin's "Musee royal de Naples (The Royal Museum at Naples)," Abel Ledoux, Paris, 1836. This rare volume is a catalog of the collection of erotic paintings, bronzes and statues excavated in Pompeii and Herculaneum and stored in a Secret Cabinet at Naples.

Little London model , Artists' models. James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs

Bacchante with cymbals. Artist: Carlo Maratti. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1635 - 1763. Measurements: h 384 mm × w 269 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Manuel Álvarez de la Peña / 'Life study'. XVIII century. Red chalk on yellow laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Two anatomical studies of arms; Peter Paul Rubens drawing book.

Anatomical study of three men, Paulus Pontius, After Peter Paul Rubens, 1616 - 1658 print Anatomical study of three men, nude, seen from above, emphasizes the contours of the muscles. paper engraving parts of the human body (skeleton excepted). anatomical model of the muscles, muscle-man, 'écorché'. muscles

Venus and Cupid standing in a niche. Artist: Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, Argini () ca. 1480-before 1534 Bologna ()). Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/16 × 4 1/8 in. (20.4 × 10.5 cm). Date: ca. 1500-1527. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Sketch of a naked male figure with a wooden board and crimson sheet. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a male academy nude by Charles-Andre van Loo from Robert Sayers The Artists Vade Mecum, Being the Whole Art of Drawing, London, 1766.

Study of a lying male nude, on a stone bank, Egbert van Drielst, 1755 - 1818 drawing prepared paper. chalk brush

Jean Baptiste Victor Loutrel; Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez; Juan José Martínez / 'Mars', 1855, French School, Lithography on paper, 343 mm x 201 mm, G05172. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

The dancing Faun, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. Donation of the Ballheimer family, Hamburg

Figure study of a naked man, Anonymous, 1700 - 1799 print Figure studies of a standing naked man. Seen once from the front (C), seen once from the back (D). paper etching standing figure. man (showing himself) undressed, quasi-nude

Statue of amor; Galleria Giustiniana del Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani I. Statue of winged amor, in his right hand an arrow, in his left hand a fragment of a bow. On the base the coat of arms of Vincenzo Giustiniani. Print is part of an album with a series of prints to the sculptures in the collection in the Galleria Giustiniani in Rome.

Sitting naked man, his head with his hand supporting, Hendrik Willem Schweickhardt, 1756 - 1797 drawing Netherlands paper. chalk brush

A seated nude male figure seen from the left. Red chalk drawing.

Bust of Nude Man. Dimensions: overall: 24 x 15.8 cm (9 7/16 x 6 1/4 in.). Medium: graphite on blue hand-prepared paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Alphonse Legros.

Woedendi Polyphemus; Graphices examples of various artists.

Marsyas. An image of the Sater Marsyas just before he is being skinned. With his hands and feet he is tied to a tree. His pan flute is located on the ground. The image comes from the collection of Vincenzo Giustiniani, whose weapon on the base can be seen.

Bacchus, Antoine Alexandre Joseph Cardon, after Jan-Baptist Verberckt (I), 1772 - 1773 Sculpture of a standing young naked Bacchus. Image made by J.B. Verberckt. Numbered at the top right of the plate: 14. Part of the collection of figures and statues made of snow in the streets of Antwerp in January 1772. Southern Netherlands paper etching / engraving Antwerp Sculpture of a standing young naked Bacchus. Image made by J.B. Verberckt. Numbered at the top right of the plate: 14. Part of the collection of figures and statues made of snow in the streets of Antwerp in January 1772. Southern Netherlands paper etching / engraving Antwerp

Male act, Karl Wiener -, artist

Statue of Venus Amphitrite, Roman goddess of love, beauty, sex and fertility. As Amphitrite, Greek goddess of the sea, she holds a clam shell in her right hand. Copperplate engraving by Francois-Anne David from Museum de Florence, ou Collection des Pierres Gravees, Statues, Medailles, Chez F.A. David, Paris, 1787. David (1741-1824) drew and engraved the illustrations based on Roman statues, engraved stones and medals in the collection of the Museum de Florence and the cabinet of curiosities of the Grand Duke of Tuscany. - Image ID: RYYR60.

Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Passion II (Leidenschaft II), German, 1881-1919, 1914, drypoint

Kneeling Nude Male Figure, Facing Left. Artist: Henri Lehmann (French, Kiel 1814-1882 Paris). Dimensions: 8 15/16 x 11 7/16 in. (22.7 x 29.1 cm). Date: March 25, 1859. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Faun, Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), after Giovanni Battista Cipriani RA, 1727-1785, Italian, active in Britain (1755-85), 1787, Engraving

Male nude, sitting, to the right, Hendrik Willem Schweickhardt, 1756 - 1797 drawing paper. chalk brush sitting figure

Statue of Hercules, Claude Mellan, 1636 - 1637 print Rome paper engraving piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. (story of) Hercules (Heracles)

A Falling Giant. Dated: published 1811. Medium: stipple engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: William Bond after William Hilton I after Thomas Banks.

Le Printemps, 1883. Auguste Rodin (French, 1840-1917). Drypoint; platemark: 14.7 x 10 cm (5 13/16 x 3 15/16 in.); sheet: 27.2 x 18.3 cm (10 11/16 x 7 3/16 in.).

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