[Study of the back of a naked man, on his knees, in a torsion].

Drawing, charcoal pencil over sanguine & white sketched lines, 53 x 33,5 cm (right upper corner lacking, horiz. fold in the middle).

On gilt framed paper sheet, 19th-c. wooden frame with gilt moulding (unframed).

Prov. Girodet-Trioson (collection sold in Paris in 1825). - Paul Mathias Polakovits (Budapest 1921-Paris 1987), sold in 1988, 1989 and 2018. Joined: Certificate of authentication by Fabrice Riva (Galerie Mazarini), Paris.