Red Chalk Study of the Figure of Bacchus Intended for an Unidentified Finished Version of the Subject

work height: 49 cm
work width: 34.5 cm
mount height: 59 cm
mount width: 46 cm
frame height: 65 cm
frame width: 51 cm

Large Red Chalk Study of the Figure of Bacchus Intended for an Unidentified Finished Version of the Subject, showing a nude male seated on a wooden fence in profile facing to the left with a vine wreath around his pelvis, holding a disc-like object wiht both hands. Drawn on gridded paper, the outlines show evidence for the design being transfered from/ or onto another surface using tracing paper; signed by the artist in the top right corner; study of a seated nude male figure for a mythological subject picture