Caption:
Nude Male Figure with a Sword. Artist: Alexandre Cabanel (French, Montpellier 1823-1889 Paris). Dimensions: 19 7/16 x 12 11/16 in. (49.3 x 32.3cm). Date: 1878.
The drawing is a study for one of the Muslims in the Captivity of St. Louis in Palestine, one of four scenes from the Life of St. Louis, painted by Cabanel in 1878 in the Panthéon, Paris.