This drawing is a sketch of two young children in dynamic poses. At the top of the sketch is a child sitting with one knee bent, facing the right. They are using one arm to carry a large log or beam on their…

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Two Nude Children Lifting a Cudgel

Pompeo Batoni, c. 1748

This drawing is a sketch of two young children in dynamic poses. At the top of the sketch is a child sitting with one knee bent, facing the right. They are using one arm to carry a large log or beam on their… · description from the collection

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Artist: Pompeo Batoni ¹
Date: c. 1748 ¹
Medium: red chalk heightened with white chalk on paper washed ochre, partially squared for transfer in red chalk ¹
Original: 3,634 × 4,863 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Purchased as the Gift of Diane A. Nixon

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