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Johann Heinrich Beck (1788 Dessau - 1875 ibid.) Nude study of a youth with staff Beck's classicist drawing from around 1814 with subtle sculptural body modeling in the tradition of Anton Raphael Mengs (1728 - 1779). Beck had been studying at the Academy in Dresden since 1806, where he probably also became acquainted with Mengs' works and his sculpture collection. Beck did not return to Dessau until 1817/18, when he became a court painter and later a member of the Berlin Academy of Arts. An unfinished nude study on the verso. Pencil, black and white chalk/ laid paper. Sheet approx. 52 cm x 33 cm. Pencil, black and white chalk on paper. Another study of a male nude on the reverse.
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Johann Heinrich Beck (1788 Dessau - 1875 ibid.) Nude study of a youth with staff Beck's classicist drawing from around 1814 with subtle sculptural body modeling in the tradition of Anton Raphael Mengs (1728 - 1779). Beck had been studying at the Academy in Dresden since 1806, where he probably also became acquainted with Mengs' works and his sculpture collection. Beck did not return to Dessau until 1817/18, when he became a court painter and later a member of the Berlin Academy of Arts. An unfinished nude study on the verso. Pencil, black and white chalk/ laid paper. Sheet approx. 52 cm x 33 cm. Pencil, black and white chalk on paper. Another study of a male nude on the reverse.
