Bidspirit auction | Unidentified atelier student P. Casin

Unidentified atelier student P. Casin or Caron, France 19th century, Classical standing - Unidentified atelier student P. Casin or Caron France 19th century Classical standing hermaphrodite study / Gladiator, 1849 charcoal and chalk on paper Signed Phil Casin and dated 1849 lower right. Label verso reads: ”Refined mid-19th century academic life study depicting a standing hermaphrodite figure posed on a classical studio plinth. Executed in charcoal with possible white chalk heightening on a wove rag sheet typical of atelier production ca. 1840-1855... Likely produced within the curriculum of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Atelier Suisse, or a closely related Francophone academy...” 19 1/2”H x 15”W (Sheet), 25 3/4”H x 21 3/4”W (Frame)