FRENCH NEOCLASSICAL SCHOOL 18thC - STUDY MALE NUDE - CHARCOAL-WHITE CHALK

Description

Returning to Bologna in June, got me back in contact with the man who sold me the folio with magnificent academical studies (which I listed end of May/early June).  He presented me a second part of this folio, which he forgot at home the previous time we met.
This way, now I can present the second part of this interesting collection.
The present drawing, executed in charcoal and white chalk on laid watermarked paper, shows a study of a male nude, depicted in a backwards pose, kneeling on a stone base, lifting his left arm.
Backside : a scetch, depicting a male nude in a seated pose.
Authorship : the drawing is from the French Neoclassical period.
Period : ca. 1790-1800.
Size : 59,8x45,5cm.
Condition : Fairly good.  Some scattered dirt throughout.  Sides and corners damaged, small fragments of paper missing.  Corners, mid vertical : traces of folding.  Restored and secured tears (top and bottom).  Unframed.
Shipping : flat shippingrate 17$.  Shipped as International Registered Mail (with trackingn°).  Shipped in a tube.  Combined shipping available.
Important : I will be leaving back to France on Thursday the 15th of July.  First, I'll picking up in and near Paris and will visit a friend who kept some drawings aside for me.  From Paris, I'll be driving to the Fontainebleau region, where a good collection of old master drawings will be presented to me.  After this visit (and as I hope succesfull negociations), we will continue to the South of France, where I will carry on working on ebay, in combination with some local markets.  Partualy, during this period, I will take a holliday break as well (our family will be over as well at that moment).  I will be back in Belgium on the 6th of August and have to ask you to be patient regarding shipping.  It might not be possible to make a short tript back to Belgium for shipments, because of the negative evoluation of the covid situation in Europe (travel restrictions and quarentine could limit travelling by plain or high speed train).
I will keep you informed about the evolution on the field and will be restarting shipments (in the worse case scenario) on the 7th of August.
Thanks all of you for your continious support and understanding.