Male Figure
1777. Red chalk, White chalk on dark toned paper.Not on display
This is a preparatory drawing for the figure in the lower-left corner of the fresco of the Martyrdom of Saint Eugene in the cloister of Toledo Cathedral. Two preparatory sketches for the fresco are extant: one in Toledo Cathedral and the other in the Royo Sinués Collection in Zaragoza (the latter is reproduced in the Catalogue of the Bayeu Exhibition in Zaragoza in 1964). It depicts a male figure in profile. He takes his cloak with his right hand. The study of the clothing is very thorough.
Arnáez, Rocío, Catálogo de Dibujos II. Dibujos españoles siglo XVIII. A-B, Madrid, 1975, p.61
