1.0Polo Culturale Pietro Aldihttps://www.poloaldi.it/en/Polo Aldihttps://www.poloaldi.it/en/author/poloaldi/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Pa8jFKmHPt"><a href="https://www.poloaldi.it/en/artwork/study-of-a-male-nude/">Study of a Male Nude</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.poloaldi.it/en/artwork/study-of-a-male-nude/embed/#?secret=Pa8jFKmHPt" width="600" height="338" title="“Study of a Male Nude” — Polo Culturale Pietro Aldi" data-secret="Pa8jFKmHPt" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.poloaldi.it/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/1a.jpg10541400During the course of study at art school, after copying prints and plaster casts, the student came to the much more difficult task of working from a live model. Between 11 July and 8 August 1873, at the Istituto di Belle Arti in Siena, the annual competition of the Academy of the Nude was held, which Aldi won with this work. That same year, he won the triennial invention contest, thus completing his training.