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    OLD MASTER DRAWINGS

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    24 January 2001

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    • Louis de Boullogne the Younger
    Lot 98

    Louis de Boullogne the Younger (1654-1733)

    The Madonna and Child

    Price realised

    USD 5,875

    Estimate

    USD 6,000 - USD 8,000

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    Louis de Boullogne the Younger (1654-1733)
    The Madonna and Child
    with inscription 'L. De Boullongne'
    black and white chalk on brown paper
    125/8 x 101/8 in. (320 x 278 mm.)

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    Lot Essay

    For the group of the Madonna and Child in The Rest of the Flight into Egypt painted for the choir of Notre-Dame in Paris in 1715 and now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Arras. Two further drawings of angels in the Louvre can be connected to that picture, A. Schnapper and H. Guicharnaud, Louis de Boullogne, Paris, n.d., nos. 49-50.
    A drawing for the full composition is in the Tobey Collection, New York.

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