Lot Essay
Datable c.1630, its pendant, 'Saint Augustine', is in the Sterling and Francine Clark Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Details
Philippe de Champaigne (1602-1674)
Saint Jerome in the Wilderness
30¾ x 24,3/8in. (78.2 x 61.8cm.)
Saint Jerome in the Wilderness
30¾ x 24,3/8in. (78.2 x 61.8cm.)
Provenance
Listed in the inventory of the workshop of Philippe de Champaigne at his death
His nephew, Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne
His widow, Geneviève Jehan
Le Lorrain; (+) sale, Paris, 20 March 1758, lot 20
Prince de Conti, Grand Prieur de France; (+) sale, Remy, Paris, 8 April 1777, lot 281
Sale, Paris, 19-20 Dec. 1817, lot 49, where described 'ce tableau est gravé dans les galeries d'Orléans'
Marcille; (+) sale, Paris, 16-17 Jan. 1857, lot 417
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, Monaco, 29 Nov. 1986, lot 339
His nephew, Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne
His widow, Geneviève Jehan
Le Lorrain; (+) sale, Paris, 20 March 1758, lot 20
Prince de Conti, Grand Prieur de France; (+) sale, Remy, Paris, 8 April 1777, lot 281
Sale, Paris, 19-20 Dec. 1817, lot 49, where described 'ce tableau est gravé dans les galeries d'Orléans'
Marcille; (+) sale, Paris, 16-17 Jan. 1857, lot 417
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, Monaco, 29 Nov. 1986, lot 339
Literature
B. Dorival, Sujets sacrés et allegoriques gravés d'aprés Philippe de Champaigne, Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Nov. 1972, p.49
B. Dorival, Philippe de Champaigne, Paris, 1976, II, pp.150-1, no.288
B. Dorival, Supplement au Catalogue raisonné de l'ouevre de Philippe de Champaigne, Paris, 1972, pp.11-13, no.3, fig.3
B. Dorival, Philippe de Champaigne, Paris, 1976, II, pp.150-1, no.288
B. Dorival, Supplement au Catalogue raisonné de l'ouevre de Philippe de Champaigne, Paris, 1972, pp.11-13, no.3, fig.3
Engraved
Jean Morin (B. Dorival, 1976, op. cit., pl.288)
Gérard Edelinck, 1672
Gérard Edelinck, 1672