Art, literature & history
Two Nude Children Lifting a Cudgel
c. 1748
- Dating
- Approximate
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- red chalk heightened with white chalk on paper washed ochre, partially squared for transfer in red chalk
- Dimensions
- sheet: 28 x 21 cm (11 x 8 1/4 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2007.111.48
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Pompeo Batoni. Two Nude Children Lifting a Cudgel. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Two Nude Children Lifting a Cudgel — Pompeo Batoni. c. 1748.
Medium: red chalk heightened with white chalk on paper washed ochre, partially squared for transfer in red chalk.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet: 28 x 21 cm (11 x 8 1/4 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2007.111.48. Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Purchased as the Gift of Diane A. Nixon.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.