Academic Study Of Male Nude. Second Half Of XIX Century

Charcoal drawing on slightly grey-blue colored paper.
Drawing depicts a young man sitting with hand on forehead probably expressing regret or strong emotion.
Resulting from the bequest of the Turinese artist Luigi Guglielmino.

Size 49cm x 32cm

The collection of sketches and preparatory drawings mainly included works by his master, Enrico Reffo (Turin, 1831-1917), one of the greatest representatives of Italian religious painting of the second half of the 19th century.
High quality drawing, which shows the continuity of the Italian and French academic drawing school, which continued to live in the studio of the painter Reffo in Turin.