Nicolas Mignard* (1606-1668)

A kneeling Woman looking up to the right, bust-length, and subsidiary studies of her hands (recto); Studies of an Arm and a Mouth (verso)

Details

Nicolas Mignard* (1606-1668)
A kneeling Woman looking up to the right, bust-length, and subsidiary studies of her hands (recto); Studies of an Arm and a Mouth (verso)
with inscription 'N Poussin'
red, black and white chalk on three sheets of light brown paper assembled on one mount
11 5/8 x 7¾ in. (296 x 199 mm.)

Provenance

Nicos Dhikeos (his mark, not in Lugt).

Lot Essay

A study for the Magdalene kneeling before Christ in the Noli me tangere in the Cathedral of Saint-Véran in Cavaillon, A. Schnapper, Mignard d'Avignon, exhib. cat., Avignon, Palais des Papes, 1979, no. 91, illustrated. The picture is dated by Professor Schnapper to 1638-40.
Nicolas Mignard's draughtsmanship was little known until 1978 when one hundred drawings from his studio were acquired by the Louvre. He was a left handed artist.