The Crusader by George Quaintance (1943).
Continuing an occasional series, I was hoping to find the original photo which George Quaintance used as a model for this painting but failed dismally. I did find the photo below, however, a piece of Roman camp by beefcake photographer Alonzo Hanagan, aka ‘Lon of New York’ on this Boy Culture post where Hanagan is interviewed about his work.
Elsewhere on { feuilleton }
• The men with swords archive
• The gay artists archive