[Unknown artist] - Van Onder [Study of Male Nude]

[Unknown artist] - Van Onder [Study of Male Nude] - [Haarlem?] - [1995/2005?] - Drawing on paper - 33 x 42 cm.

Condition: Excellent.

Original drawing with sketch of the underside (belly, genitals and buttocks) of a male model. Probably late 20th/early 21st century. The work is signed but we could not decipher what the name ('Jos'?), date ('Zon / 01/05'?) or title is ('Van Onder' is perhaps 'Van Oord'?).

In any case, the image is powerful and clearly from the hand of a professional artist. It is reminiscent of the anatomical drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. A beautiful piece that, according to a label on the back, was professionally framed by 'Bert van Schaik, Lijstenmakerij'.

From the collection of the great Haarlem art collector Bart Spoorenberg (1948-2020), most of whose collection of drawings went to the Teylers Museum.