Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

A Nude Female Figure Half Reclining

Attributed to William Hogarth
1697-1764

A Nude Female Figure Half Reclining

16 11/16 x 10 3/8 inches (424 x 264 mm)
Black and white chalk, on gray paper.
III, 32g

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.

Notes
This sheet may be a study for the principal female figure in the artist's painting, "The Pool of Bethesda", 1736, St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
Associated names
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department