Italian master Gian Lorenzo Bernini s (1598-1680) Academie d Homme , a recently discovered drawing representing a naked man, is displayed during an interview with Reuters at Artcento offices in Paris, France, March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
PARIS (Reuters) - A rare drawing by the Italian Baroque artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini is to go on sale on March 20 at an auction house in Compiegne, the French northern city where it was discovered six months ago.
The drawing Academie d Homme is in sanguine or red chalk and represents a muscular naked man reclining on a rock and holding his forehead in his right hand in a gesture of despair.
Rare Bernini drawing to go on sale in France
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