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Lot n° 6

AMAURY-DUVAL (Montrouge 1808 - Paris 1885)

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Angel carrying a cup and brushes Pencil 44.4 x 29.5 cm Bears on the back in pencil the annotation Study of the angel holding the painter's goblet (on the left in the Algiers painting). Dream of Fra Angelico. Konica T3 Fujicolor 100 1/15e f8 (Pitting) Provenance: Edmond Geffroy Collection Private collection Bibliography: Amaury-Duval (1808-1885), L'homme et l'œuvre, thesis defended by Véronique Noël-Bouton-Rollet, produced under the direction of M. le Professeur Bruno Foucart, 2005-2006, described and reproduced page 257, n°119 a. "The preparatory drawings for this composition highlight Amaury-Duval's drawing skills. The figures stripped of all ornament are even more Nazarene than in the painted version."