Luigi Sabatelli (Florence 1772-Milan 1850) Academic nude leaning against the column 1792 Oil on canvas 93x45 cm - with frame 102x55 cm The study of the nude was fundamental for the neoclassical artists who gravitated to Rome at the end of the eighteenth century. In the papal capital Sabatelli was a frequent visitor to the Accademia de' Pensieri, together with Vincenzo Camuccini, Felice Giani and Jean Baptiste Wicar, between 1788 and 1792. These two stupendous studies by naked, where human anatomy is studied in an admirable way.

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