"Venus pudica".

Drawing, black chalk, 29 x 11 cm, grey wove paper, unsigned (trimmed to figure).

Laid down on green paper, under passe-partout.

Standing nude, most likely drawn after the Capitoline Venus or the Venus de' Medici. Clément-Auguste Andrieux (1829-1880) was a French artist who had contributed many paintings to the Paris Salon between 1850 and 1880, mostly representing historical settings. This drawing has a stamp from the sale held in 1881, shortly after the artist's death.
Joined: Anonymous - Reclining female figure after Raphael. French school, 1800. Drawing, red chalk, 21,5 x 25 cm, laid paper, unsigned. (2 pcs)