Study of a figure facing right with arms raised

A substantial number of very similar, equally softly modeled male academies by Mengs survive, some also on tinted paper (S. Roettgen, Anton Raphael Mengs, 1728-1779, I, Das malerische und Zeichnerische Werk, Munich, 1999, nos. Z 4, Z 5, Z 27, Z 28, Z 30, Z 52, Z57, Z 78, Z 81, Z 112, Z 113, Z 127, Z 130, ill.).