Three Nude Male Figures; Study of the Right Hand of the Figure on the Left

1708–87

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Red chalk
Dimensions: 8-3/16 x 11-15/16 in. (20.8 x 30.3 cm)
Collection no.: 1975.131.5
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Pompeo Batoni. Three Nude Male Figures; Study of the Right Hand of the Figure on the Left. Pompeo Batoni; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Three Nude Male Figures; Study of the Right Hand of the Figure on the Left — Pompeo Batoni. 1708–87.

Medium: Red chalk. Dimensions: 8-3/16 x 11-15/16 in. (20.8 x 30.3 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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