Antique Classical Male Figure Drawing

French School

mid 19th century

indistinctly signed in pencil (lower right) and inscribed in pen and ink 'No.50.-5.- 1er Juin 1850' (lower right)

 54.3 x 34 cm

Provenance: 

Private Collection, UK. 

Note: 

The present drawing, which was likely undertaken as part of an artist's academic training, depict 

Classical sculpture

illustrates the statue of Bacchus by the Italian sculptor Jacopo Sansovino (1486-1670), now in the Bargello Museum in Florence.