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Thomas Eakins, Study of a Seated Nude Woman Wearing a Mask, 1863-66 According to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Eakins most likely made this study during an evening life drawing class at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Official Academy policy prohibited models from posing nude before mixed-sex classes, as did nearly all American art schools at that time. In order to disguise her identity, therefore, a model might turn her back to the students—or cover her face with a mask.

Thomas Eakins, Study of a Seated Nude Woman Wearing a Mask, 1863-66

According to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Eakins most likely made this study during an evening life drawing class at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Official Academy policy prohibited models from posing nude before mixed-sex classes, as did nearly all American art schools at that time. In order to disguise her identity, therefore, a model might turn her back to the students—or cover her face with a mask.

philamuseum.org