Sbastien Bourdon (1616-1671)
Sbastien Bourdon (1616-1671)

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt (recto); The Lamentation (verso)

Details
Sbastien Bourdon (1616-1671)
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt (recto); The Lamentation (verso)
red chalk (verso), pen and brown ink
127 x 180 mm.
Provenance
Marquis P. de Chennevires (L. 2073); Paris, 4-7 April 1900, part of lot 51.
Literature
P. de Chennevires, 'Une collection de dessins d'artistes franais', L'artiste, July 1896, p. 28.

Lot Essay

Philippe de Chennevires connected the verso of the drawing to Bourdon's Lamentation painted for the Church of Saint Benoit in Paris and now in the Louvre, P. Rosenberg, N. Reynaud and I. Compin, Ecole franaise XVIIe et XVIII sicles, Paris, 1974, I, no. 72. The picture reverses the darwing. Another connected drawing is in the Louvre, J. Guiffrey and P. Marcel, Inventaire gnral des Dessins du Muse du Louvre et du Muse du Louvre et du Muse de Versailles, Paris, 1908, II, no. 1627. The recto is probably a study for one of the numerous engravings of The Rest on the Flight.

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