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Pierre-Louis Dumesnil, Le Jeune* (1698-1781)

St. Carlo Borromeo giving Alms to the Poor

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Pierre-Louis Dumesnil, Le Jeune* (1698-1781)
St. Carlo Borromeo giving Alms to the Poor
signed and dated 'Dumesnil Le jeune 1741'
oil on canvas--arched top
84¾ x 45¾in. (215.2 x 116.2cm.)





Lot Essay

Pierre-Louis Dumesnil le Jeune was born into a family of painters residing in Paris. Little is known of his life except that he was a professor and director in the Academie de Saint-Luc, where he exhibited from 1751 to 1774.

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