Study of a young boy.

Drawing, red chalk (sanguine), heightened with white, 22,4 x 23,8 cm, beige laid paper, unsigned (laid down on thick paper, upper right corner restored, not affecting the image).

Under passe-partout.

Studio drawing with seated boy, executed by a refined hand, still searching for the right composition with pentimenti in the boy's left hand.
Prov. Charles Gasc (1822-1869), Spanish-French artist and art collector (coll. stamp Lugt 542).
Joined: Anonymous - St.-Anna and the Virgin. Flemish school, late 17th c. Drawing, pen and black ink, with brown wash, 19,2 x 12,5 cm, brown laid paper (laid down, sm. def. at lower left corner and upper left edge). (2 pcs)