Academic Nude Drawing, Study Of The Spinario, Florentine School, Late 18th – Early 19th Cent

Academic Nude Drawing, Study of the Spinario, Florentine School, Late 18th – Early 19th Century

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 (Boy with Thorn), one of the classical sculptures most frequently used in European artistic training. The complex pose of the figure, bent forward while removing a thorn from his foot, provided students with an ideal exercise in anatomy, proportion and foreshortening.

Executed from life after an academic model, the drawing demonstrates particular attention to the construction of the body and the rendering of volume through the contrast between charcoal and white chalk. The concentrated pose and the solidity of the figure reflect an advanced level of artistic training.

The sheet belongs to a Florentine group of drawings including nude studies, anatomical exercises, notes and architectural drawings, preserved for many years within an old family connected with the city's cultural circles. The ensemble offers valuable insight into drawing practice within Florentine schools and academies between the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

The drawing is presented in a 19th-century wooden frame. It has been professionally mounted on conservation board, helping to preserve the sheet while allowing inspection of the reverse.

Good condition. Minor signs of age consistent with the period.