Drawing Academic study of a little girl's head. XIX century

Drawing Academic study of a little girl's head.
Charcoal drawing on lightly tinted gray paper.

39cm x 28cm

The design depicts a little girl with wavy hair with a devout gaze turned upwards.
This is probably an 19th Century
In good condition.
Resulting from the bequest of the Turinese artist Luigi Guglielmino.
The collection of sketches and preparatory drawings mainly included works by its 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 workshop of the painter Reffo in Turin.