Jean-Augustin Franquelin (1798-1839)

A sleeping child

Details

Jean-Augustin Franquelin (1798-1839)
A sleeping child
signed 'Franquelin' (verso)
black and white chalk on brown paper
110 x 194 mm.

Provenance

Laperlier Collection; Paris, 29 March 1879, lot 548, according to an inscription (verso).

Lot Essay

Franquelin studied with Regnault from 1812. He exhibited at the Salon from 1919 to his death. The drawing is possibly related to the picture A Mother holding her sleeping daughter, with a dog in the Grenoble Museum.

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