From a private collection near Montargis, is this very curious 17th century French old master drawing.

The drawing, executed in red chalk on laid watermarked paper, depicts a nude man, in our opinion a monk, checking if his washed clothes have allready dried.

Authorship : the drawing is from the French School.

Period : ca. 1670-1680.

Size : 12,9x9,3cm.

Condition : Fairly good.  Some scattered dirt throughout.  Some tiny spots, a small spot bottom zone right.  Sides slightly irregular of shape.  Zone below : paper damaged and secured.  Unframed.

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