Offered by Antichità di Alina
Florentine School, late 18th – early 19th century.
Charcoal and white chalk on rag paper.
Drawing dimensions: 57 × 42.5 cm.
Framed dimensions: 79 × 59 cm.
Important academic nude study inspired by the celebrated Spinario, one of the classical models most frequently used in European artistic training. The complex pose of the figure, bent forward while removing a thorn from his foot, provided an ideal exercise in anatomy, balance and foreshortening.
Executed from life, the drawing belongs to a Florentine group of sheets including nude studies, anatomical exercises, notes and architectural drawings, preserved for many years within an old family connected with the cultural circles of Florence. Together, these works offer a valuable insight into artistic training in Tuscany between the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
The drawing is presented in its 19th-century wooden frame. It has been professionally mounted on conservation board, helping to preserve the sheet while still allowing inspection of the reverse.
Good condition. Minor signs of age consistent with the period.
