Three Capuchin friars in a church before a congregation

Details

FRANÇOIS-MARIUS GRANET (AIX-EN-PROVENCE 1775-1849)
Three Capuchin friars in a church before a congregation
signed 'Granet.' (lower left)
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash, black ink framing lines on paper
7 ¾ x 5 in. (19.8 x 12.9 cm.)

Provenance

Charles Wall (1756-1815), London; by descent to
Charles Baring Wall (1795-1853), London; by whom gifted to
Thomas Baring (1799-1873), London; by descent until
Anonymous sale; Bonham's, London, 7 July 2020, lot 206.

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Lot Essay

The present drawing appears to relate to Granet’s paintings depicting the Church of the Capuchins in Rome during Napoleon’s occupation of the city. Several painted compositions of this subject exist, one of these, The choir of the Capuchin church in Rome is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv. 80.5.2; see G. Toscano, Ingres, Granet et la Reine de Naples, Montreuil, 2017, p. 63).

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