Skeleton Study
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
When Daniel Huntington made this drawing, he was a highly regarded painter in New York’s cultural world. Portraiture was his dominant output, but here his technical expertise as a draftsman is evident. Skeleton Study is based on the figure of a dancing male faun from a Hellenistic sculpture. Knowing the correct structure of the skeleton underlying the body’s flesh is central to anatomical drawing and a key principle in the academic tradition.
Caption
Daniel Huntington (American, 1816–1906). Skeleton Study, ca. 1848. Black and red crayon and white chalk on beige, medium-weight, slightly textured wove paper, Sheet: 20 3/16 x 10 3/8 in. (51.3 x 26.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of The Roebling Society, 68.167.3. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Skeleton Study
Date
ca. 1848
Medium
Black and red crayon and white chalk on beige, medium-weight, slightly textured wove paper
Classification
Dimensions
Sheet: 20 3/16 x 10 3/8 in. (51.3 x 26.4 cm)
Signatures
Unsigned
Credit Line
Gift of The Roebling Society
Accession Number
68.167.3
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