Nicolas Colombel (Sotteville, near Rouen circa 1644-1717 Paris)

Christ and the Adulteress

Details

Nicolas Colombel (Sotteville, near Rouen circa 1644-1717 Paris)
Christ and the Adulteress
black chalk
7 5/8 x 11 1/8 in. (19.4 x 28.4 cm.)

Provenance

Probably Pierre Crozat; Paris, 10 April-13 May 1741, part of lot 1061.

Literature

M. Bryan, et al., Dictionary of Painters and Engravers: Bibliographical and Critical, London, 1886, p. 432.

Exhibited

Rouen, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nicolas Colombel vers 1644-1717, 2012-13, no. D.1 (cat. by K. Chastagnol).

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Descriptif du lot

A study with minor differences for Colombel's Christ and the Adulteress, a picture dating from 1682, now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen (121 x 171.5 cm.; exh. cat. Rouen, 2012-13, op. cit., no. P.16). Drawings by Colombel are exceedingly rare: in the 2012-13 exhibition catalogue, Chastagnol lists only nine.

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