Preparatory drawing/study made in pencil and white lead on paper by French artist Théodore Chassériau in the early 1850s.

The drawing in question depicting a male nude is a preparatory drawing for a larger painting, "La Guerre des Gaules" of 1855.

The work in question measures 19 x 30 cm, and at the lower right is the artist Chassériau's blue stamp.

On the back of the work are numerical inscriptions in pencil.