Reclining Male Nude, Study for "Venus Mourning the Death of Adonis"

Brown ink on beige antique laid paper

Black chalk , graphite, and gray wash on parchment

Brown ink and brown wash, with later additions of gray wash, on cream antique laid paper, laid down

Black and red chalk counterproof, reworked in red chalk, graphite and black chalk (?) on cream antique laid paper

Brown ink and brown wash over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink and partial framing line in graphite, mounted overall

Black and white chalk and white opaque watercolor on gray-blue paper, framing line in black chalk at upper edge; verso: trial strokes in colored pastel

Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, mounted, framing lines in black ink

Black and white chalk and charcoal on blue paper

Black chalk or charcoal and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper, traces of a framing line in brown ink; verso: black chalk and brown wash

Black ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper

Graphite on parchment

Red, black and white chalk on cream antique laid paper, composite framing line in red chalk, brown ink, and gray ink