Théodore CHASSERIAU (Saint-Domingue 1819 - Paris 1856) Two figure studies Black pencil and white chalk highlights on medium-toned paper. (Small folds and stains). 31 x 27.5 cm The figure on the left of our drawing can be compared to the painting entitled "La Paix protectrice des Arts et travaux de la Terre", where the central figure is very close to our sketch. Two other preparatory drawings for the same figure are known to exist in the Musée du Louvre (see : L. A . Prat, L'Inventaire général des dessins de Théodore Chasseriau, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1988, no. 487-488, reproduced p. 233). The other study is a first thought, not retained, for the woman seated at the center of the Tepidarium, preserved at the Musée d'Orsay, L.A. Prat, opus quoted above, no. 652v, p. 297, reproduced).