Studies of a Reclining Male Nude
Second half of the XVI century. Pencil, Grey-brown wash, Grey-brown ink, Pencil ground on yellow paper.Not on display
On Brun´s (?) mount, with his attribution: LE JOSEPIN [i. e., the Cavaliere d´Arpino (1568-1640), who was sometimes referred to as Il Giuseppino]. The style is certainly recalls that of Cherubino Alberti (1553-1615:) In the study upper left, a wing has been added to the boy´s shoulder to change the figure into an angel.
Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracc: a century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Virginia, Art Services International, 2008, p.206
